NIB informatics strategy outlined
The National Information Board will release a new informatics strategy for consultation in May, to be used to inform commissioning decisions from September this year.
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Care.data advisory group announced
NHS England has set up an independent advisory group to improve governance around the care.data programme.
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Kelsey admits care.data use unclear
NHS England delayed the care.data programme because it could not give guarantees on how the data would be used, NHS England’s director of patients and information has said.
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Evidence developed for IT investment
NHS England is working with McKinsey to develop an evidence base for the NHS to invest in technology.
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GP IT funding split evenly nationwide
GP IT funding will be paid to clinical commissioning groups on a per-head-of-population basis under new plans revealed by NHS England.
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Treasury releases tech fund money
The Treasury has approved funding for the second tranche of projects in the first round of the ‘Safer Hospitals, Safer Wards: Technology Fund’.
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Nurse tech fund winners announced
Seven NHS trusts have received £1m or more from the Nursing Technology Fund for mobile working, vital signs, and nursing observation projects.
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New NHS Choices open to SMEs
The successor to NHS Choices will not be outsourced, but run in-house with help from a number of small and medium-sized enterprises, EHI has learned.
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A bad week in the bunker for care.data
EHI editor Jon Hoeksma reflects on another difficult week for NHS England’s flagship open data project, and its champion Tim Kelsey.
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Open source plans revealed
NHS England is looking to create a series of community interest companies to act as custodians for open source products introduced to the NHS.
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