Care.data: a row waiting to happen
EHI news editor Rebecca Todd takes a look back at the creation of the care.data programme and the concerns many have about its implications for patient privacy.
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CSUs face job cuts but not privatisation
Commissioning Support Unit staff numbers are being reduced by up to 5%, but the units will not be privatised under new plans released by NHS England.
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Three IDCR exemplars named
NHS England has announced the three exemplars in digital care record integration, and confirmed that the next round of the Safer Hospitals, Safer Wards: Technology Fund will focus on integrated care.
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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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