CCGs ‘must consult’ on digital roadmaps
Clinical commissioning groups must work closely with all local health providers to develop and deliver local digital roadmaps, NHS Providers and trust IT experts have argued.
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Spending review ‘must find NHS cash’
The NHS needs a cash injection now, a transformation fund to support change, and a long-term review of its funding needs, think-tanks have told the Treasury in formal submissions to this year’s critical spending review.
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Hit the road, map
Clinical commissioning groups were unexpectedly given responsibility for leading the NHS’ digital ambitions at the NHS Expo. Rebecca McBeth considers the implications.
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Code4Health sets challenges
NHS England has launched Code4Health challenges for people wanting to get involved in developing clinical software.
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CCG roadmap target a ‘tall order’
The chairman of the BMA’s GP committee believes that it is a “very tall order” to expect clinical commissioning groups to deliver digital roadmaps for their local health economy by April 2016.
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Bryant puts paperless future on CCGs
Clinical commissioning groups have overall responsibility for delivering a paperless NHS by 2020 and will manage any funding made available to support this ambition, NHS England has said.
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Handbook ‘to define interoperability’
An interoperability handbook and procurement guide will be released tomorrow to help clinical commissioning groups write their digital roadmaps and healthcare providers achieve the vision of interoperable patient records.
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Bradford Uni joins Code4Health community
The University of Bradford has become an NHS England Code4Health community, and will now act as a ‘hub’ for the development of courses and apps.
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Seventeen ‘healthcare pioneers’ selected
Seventeen ‘healthcare pioneers’ have been chosen by NHS England to receive national support to roll out their technologies across England.
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October target for e-discharge
EXCLUSIVE: NHS providers must send discharge summaries to GPs electronically by October this year, NHS England has said.
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