DH launches maternity comparison site
The Department of Health has launched an online comparison tool for expectant parents to compare and rate maternity services in England.
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NHS Choices allowing Facebook tracking
The Department of Health has come under fire for including code on NHS Choices that allows Facebook and Google to track visits and conditions searched for without first informing the user.
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Major NHS public websites unheard of
A new study to better understand what prevents people from using information technology to help them manage their health and care has found that few people have heard of three major NHS health information websites.
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NHS Choices receives 100m visits in year
The Department of Health has reported that NHS Choices received more than 100m visits last year. It has also published research indicating that patients who visited the website were less likely to consult a GP.
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Which? patients want trusted information
Patients want a personalised health information website from a trusted source to help them make healthcare choices, according to the consumer body Which?
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Guardian publishes death rates on blog
The Guardian has released data on death rates following vascular surgery onto its datablog. The newspaper carried out a large-scale Freedom of Information request to obtain the data on vascular surgery from 116 hospital trusts. The FOI focused on the data collected by surgeons themselves as opposed to the data that is fed into the Hospital Episodes […]
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DH launches World Cup fitness app
The Department of Health has launched an online World Cup fitness tool to get football fanatics off the sofa and away from their pints and pizza.
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Keogh to lead work on new stats for NHS
The government has set up a working group to develop a single hospital standardised mortality ratio for the NHS in response to the latest report on the scandal at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust.
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Half of GP practices judged by patients
More than 50% of GP practices have now been commented on or rated by patients on NHS Choices, according to the Department of Health. Latest figures show that patients have rated or left a comment about 4,661 out of 8,300 GP practices in England since website launched its GP ratings functionality in October. A total […]
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NHS Choices to publish Quality Accounts
The Department of Health has approved plans for healthcare providers to publish annual Quality Accounts on the NHS Choices website in an effort to increase accountability, drive quality and improve patient choice. The plans follow a three month public consultation, which finished in December, on the proposed framework for Quality Accounts, ahead of the legal […]
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