GP statistics available to public through new data hub
NHS Digital have created GP Data Hub allowing for patients to get statistics relating to their practice. It will cover GP practices from across England.
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Scottish NHS health boards escape major cyber disruptions
A total 12 out of 14 Health Boards in Scotland experienced only minor disruptions following Friday’s global ransomware attack with two escaping the attack completely.
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Joe’s View: Leadership, cultural revolution and health informatics
How, Joe wonders, can the culture of NHS Digital truly be transformed? Time for its leaders to enter the Zone of Uncomfortable Debate.
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NHS Digital planning “big drive” on clinical terminology standardisation
NHS Digital will be having a “big drive” on standardising clinical terminology across health and social care, Beverley Bryant has told delegates at the 2017 e-Health Week conference.
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NHS Digital appoints Home Office CTO as new CEO
NHS Digital has appointed Home Office chief technology officer, Sarah Wilkinson, as its new CEO.
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Patients to get access to GP records via NHS.uk in September 2017
NHS Digital’s board papers say that patients will be able to view their own GP records through NHS.uk in September this year.
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Citizen Identity project will be live by October 2017
NHS Digital have set 30 September 2017 as the target date for the citizen identity project going live in selected work programmes.
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Bryant says NHS Digital must become more responsive
Beverley Bryant, director of digital transformation at NHS Digital, says the organisation needs to undergo a cultural revolution, move away from thinking of programmes “as king”, and become far more responsive to the needs of NHS customers.
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Beverley Bryant says NHS Digital needs ‘cultural transformation’
Beverley Bryant, director of digital transformation at NHS Digital, says the organisation must carry out a cultural revolution, move away from thinking of ‘programmes as king’, and become far more responsive to the needs of customers.
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Hester hits back over TPP patient data security concerns
TPP founder Frank Hester has waded defiantly into the growing controversy about how his company shares patients GP records across the NHS.
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