NIB strategy due ‘later this year’
The National Information Board is set to release its long awaited informatics strategy later this year, outlining a ten-year plan for how to make the most of data and technology in healthcare.
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Hits and misses
A year ago, EHI launched ‘target watch’ to keep an eye on the many initiatives being launched in NHS IT. Lyn Whitfield rounds up progress – and the lack of it.
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Nine CSUs reach final stage of framework
All nine commissioning support unit alliances have got a place on the final stage of assessment for NHS England’s lead provider framework.
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Urgent care change pilots started
NHS England has established pilots for a “system-wide transformation” of emergency services, which includes enhancing the NHS 111 service and restructuring A&Es.
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Enter the CCG – an open letter to the DH
Dr John Lockley uses his regular column to pen an open letter to the Department of Health, calling for a fundamental re-think of the increasingly vexed rules about the use of personal confidential data in the NHS.
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226 bids worth £360m made to tech fund 2
The second round of NHS England’s tech fund has received fewer bids than the first, and trusts are looking for less money, according to figures from NHS England.
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Key care.data letters ‘not sent’
The care.data programme could be further delayed because ‘expression of interest’ letters have not been sent to potential pilot sites, EHI understands.
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NHS England issues genomics tender
NHS England has issued an invitation to tender for organisations wanting to become genomic centres for its project to sequence 100,000 genomes.
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Open source survey launched
The second edition of a survey about open source within the NHS will help to measure how attitudes towards its use are changing, according to its creator.
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Friends and Family Test review published
NHS England has published a review of the Friends and Family Test which shows that response rates are lower than other national health surveys.
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