Care.data safeguards detailed
Patient identifiable information extracted as part of care.data will not be available via Section 251 requests while NHS England establishes trust in the data sharing programme.
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Power to the people
Paul Hodgkin, the founder and chair of Patient Opinion, looks at the tension between big data and big voice; and how it is being played out around care.data.
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US-UK sign healthcare IT MoU
NHS England and the Health and Social Care Information Centre will sign a healthcare IT memorandum of understanding with the US Department for Health and Social Services today.
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Patients to add to medical record online
Patients will be able to contribute to their own medical record and switch GP practice online, NHS England’s director of patients and information Tim Kelsey has said.
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Care.data cost more than £50m
The strategic outline business case for the controversial care.data programme is yet to go to Treasury for approval and involves a spend of more than £50m.
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Commissioning support framework scoped
NHS England has released a draft scope of the commissioning support lead provider framework with the full tender to be launched on 3 March.
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Care.data: charities back info sharing
More than 40 UK medical research charities have launched a campaign to back data sharing in the NHS.
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Trusts race to complete nurse tech bids
NHS trusts say the timescale for the £100m Nursing Technology Fund is challenging as they scramble to get applications ready with one week until the deadline.
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Apply by Friday for Nye Bevan programme
NHS England is offering senior IT and information leaders the chance to take part in a leadership course designed to enable high-flying managers to “drive change” in the NHS.
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Care.data campaign leaflet slammed
A leading privacy campaigner has condemned NHS England’s £1m leaflet drop about care.data for not including an ‘opt-out’ form.
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