Info revolution to transform NHS
The promised ‘NHS information revolution’ could be the biggest driver for change in the health service, NHS Confederation chief executive Mike Farrar has told the organisation’s conference.
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NHS managers reject Ofsted ratings
NHS managers have rejected the idea of ‘Ofsted-style ratings’ for hospitals – one of the government’s big planned responses to the Francis Inquiry into the scandal at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust.
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EHI interview: Mike Farrar
The chief executive of the NHS Confederation wants the NHS to get to grips with IT and information; fast. He talks to Lyn Whitfield.
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Shaken NHS faces uncertain future
The latest round of NHS reforms, which took effect at midnight, have been greeted with unease and concern about what they could mean for the future of the health service.
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Farrar: CCIOs are NHS ‘white knights’
The chief executive of the NHS Confederation has argued the health service must make better use of information if it is to survive.
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Farrar to open CCIO Annual Conference
NHS Confederation chief executive Mike Farrar is to give the opening keynote speech at the first CCIO Leaders Network Annual Conference, being held as part of EHI Live 2012 next week.
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IFS issues bleak funding forecast
The Institute for Fiscal Studies has questioned the future of the NHS if it fails to rise to meet the productivity demands of the ‘Nicholson challenge.’
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Money talks
Delegates to this year’s NHS Confederation conference confronted the financial challenge facing the NHS; but not the sheer scale of the change needed to deal with it. Lyn Whitfield reports.
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NHS Leaders need new ‘mindset’ on IT
Mike Farrar, the head of the NHS Confederation has said that NHS leaders need “a new mindset” if they are to successfully deliver on the new information revolution.
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NHS can’t stand further £20bn ‘savings’
Two dire warnings about the financial state of the NHS have been issued ahead of the annual NHS Confederation conference in Manchester today.
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