NHS England

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4 February 2014

Tech fund money released this week

The first release of money from the £260m 'Safer Hospitals, Safer Wards: Technology Fund' is expected this week.
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Information Commissioner's Office
4 February 2014

Care.data opt-out ‘not clear’ – ICO

The Information Commissioner’s Office is concerned that the information provided to patients on care.data is not clear enough about how
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30 January 2014

Care.data helpline receives 3,500 calls

The helpline set up to provide patients with information about care.data received nearly 3,500 calls in its first three weeks.
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30 January 2014

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
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30 January 2014

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
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29 January 2014

Three IDCR exemplars named

NHS England has announced the three exemplars in digital care record integration, and confirmed that the next round of the
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28 January 2014

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
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28 January 2014

Power to the people

Paul Hodgkin, the founder and chair of Patient Opinion, looks at the tension between big data and big voice; and
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23 January 2014

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
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22 January 2014

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
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