Patient data sent to global drug companies ‘may not be anonymous’
Patients whose medical information is of particular interest to international companies have already been identified, senior NHS officials claimed.
News 2
NHS ‘risks repeat of care.data in talks to commercialise medical records’
Secretive NHS talks to discuss the potential to commercialise 65 million patients’ records risked jeopardising patient trust, Professor Joe McDonald said.
News 5
NHS bosses meet with tech giants to discuss commercial patient database
A secretive meeting, held on 24 October, saw discussions around collecting patient data to improve healthcare services and potentially profit from it.
News 2
NHS England re-opens HSSF to LHCR and population health suppliers
The update to the framework, published in October, includes a separate lot for suppliers of technologies that fall within a new set of digital services.
Shared Records
Will Smart: The NHS has proven it can do digital well
Former NHS England CIO Will Smart discusses IT leadership changes, learning from WannaCry and the future of the GDE and LHCRE programmes in an exclusive exit interview for Digital Health News.
Health CIO
‘Jury out’ on NHSX, says head of BCS Health and Care
Kinnear said the picture at the centre was already confused with multiple organisations, with the addition of NHSX muddling this further.
News 3
McDonald calls for greater honesty and culture change on NHS IT
Joe McDonald said key lessons from NPfIT had not been learned and it remained difficult for local NHS IT leaders to have honest conversations with the centre.
CCIO Network 9
Cheshire CCGs receive approval to merge in April 2020
NHS Eastern Cheshire, NHS South Cheshire, NHS Vale Royal and NHS West Cheshire will become the first CCGs in Cheshire and Merseyside to merge.
News
Screening IT systems ‘unsafe’ and require ‘urgent’ upgrades, review finds
Current IT systems “cannot support the safe running of screening programmes”, Professor Sir Mike Richards found in his review of screening programmes.
Clinical Software
New online platform promotes mental health self-care
The platform offers expert mental health advice and practical tips as well as a quiz which provides a personalised action plan with self-care actions.
Digital Patient
