£5bn commissioning support tender out
NHS England has released the tender for a commissioning support services framework worth £3 billion – £5 billion.
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Tech fund trusts still waiting
A significant number of trusts are still awaiting Treasury approval for their technology fund projects despite some of the money having to be spent within a month.
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‘Exciting’ care.data info plan promised
NHS England will use the six month delay to care.data to launch a re-engagement programme to get the public on board, national director of patients and information Tim Kelsey has told MPs.
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Care.data should be opt-in – Jarman
The care.data programme should be opt-in not opt-out, well-known health data expert Professor Brian Jarman has said.
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Pseudo at source ‘not ready’ – Kelsey
NHS England’s director of patients and information Tim Kelsey says ‘pseudonymisation at source’ technology is not ready for use on the care.data programme.
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Care.data delayed
NHS England has announced a delay to the start of care.data extractions to allow more time to build public confidence in the scheme.
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E-referrals to be mandatory – Nicholson
Use of the new NHS e-referrals service could become mandatory for GPs, NHS England’s chief executive Sir David Nicholson has said.
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Half of labs to be on NPEx
Half of all the laboratories in England should be on the National Pathology Exchange by the end of the year, says an NHS England report.
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Care.data: a media.disaster
Whatever the rights and wrongs of the care.data programme, the leaflet campaign and media response have been disastrous. Lyn Whitfield reports.
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36,000 trained in health online
More than 36,000 people have been trained to use online health services over the past four months as part of NHS England’s Health Online Programme.
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