HSCIC to audit data releases by 2 April

The Health and Social Care Information Centre will take four weeks to audit the data releases of its predecessor, the NHS Information Centre, following intense public scrutiny of the bodies to which it released patient information.

6 March 2014
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NHS workforce peaks at 1.4m

New figures show that by September 2010 the NHS workforce had reached 1,431,557; but that it is now beginning to fall as NHS organisations make efficiency savings.

22 March 2011
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GPES caught up in Whitehall review

The proposed GP data extraction service is awaiting a decision on its future funding as the coalition government carries out a review of arms length bodies. The Conservative-Liberal Democrat government has set up an Efficiency and Reform Group to make sure savings across Whitehall and arms length bodies happen quickly. Other bodies subject to review include […]

2 June 2010
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EHI’s industry round-up: appointments

This special edition of the EHI industry round-up covers appointments made by major suppliers in the healthcare IT industry and some NHS bodies whose work impacts on it. Dr Mark Ferrar joins GS1 UK board GS1 UK, the global supply chain standards and solutions organisation, has appointed an executive from NHS Connecting for Health to […]

26 February 2010
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Keogh to lead work on new stats for NHS

The government has set up a working group to develop a single hospital standardised mortality ratio for the NHS in response to the latest report on the scandal at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust.

25 February 2010
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IMS Health wins IC indicators contract

US-based healthcare intelligence company IMS Health has been chosen to produce clinical indicators for the NHS Choices website, taking over from Dr Foster Intelligence. The NHS information Centre issued a tender for the production of indicators for NHS Choices after completing a review of the use of indicators such as hospital standardised mortality ratios. The […]

13 January 2010
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Dr Foster names safety underperformers

The Dr Foster Hospital Guide 2009 has named 12 NHS trusts that it says have significantly underperformed on its new measure of patient safety. The guide, published over the weekend, identifies patient safety as the single most important element of hospital care. For the first time, it has introduced a Patient Safety Score, awarding scores of one to […]

30 November 2009
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