Government tightens grip on NHS Digital’s sharing of non-clinical patient data
The government has significantly revised an agreement which allows NHS Digital to share non-clinical patient information with the Home Office.
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Well done, Darling: Hospital referrals go 100% electronic for North East England STP
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust has moved to a fully electronic referral service for hospital appointments.
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NHS to be upgraded to Windows 10 as government agree to Microsoft deal
The Department of Health and Social Care has agreed a deal with Microsoft that will enable all NHS organisations to use Windows 10 in a bid to improve defence against future cyber attacks.
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Plymouth plans to go live with OpenEHR in next six months
The CIO at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust has said the organisation is planning to go live with an open source electronic health record (EHR) “some time between June and October” this year.
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Children’s commissioner calls for urgent roll-out of CP-IS in healthcare
The children’s commissioner for England has urged all NHS organisations in the country to adopt the Child Protection Information Sharing project (CP-IS), as it was revealed that just over half of NHS sites have implemented it.
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NHS asked to outline data sharing plans for AI by end of 2018
A House of Lords select committee has called on NHS England to urgently develop a consistent and rigorous approach to data sharing agreements, so as to put the NHS in a position to tap the value of AI initiatives in healthcare.
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NHS Digital’s sharing of non-clinical patient data branded “inappropriate”
NHS Digital’s sharing of non-clinical patient information with the Home Office has been branded “entirely inappropriate” by MPs, who say they are concerned about the body’s ability to act as a reliable steward of the data.
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NHS England has the worst gender pay gap of major NHS bodies
NHS England has said it will work to ‘better understand’ its gender pay gap after it was revealed the body has the largest gap out of the major NHS organisations.
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Rapid cancer diagnosis centres to be introduced at 10 NHS hospitals
New rapid diagnostic and assessment centres for cancer are being set up in England as part of efforts to catch and diagnose the disease more quickly.
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Organisations to share £1.4m to digitalise ADW notices
A number of local authorities and NHS partnerships across the country have successfully bid for a share of £1.4m to help digitise their assessment, discharge and withdrawal (ADW) notices.
Clinical Software