Apps to bridge gaps
NHS England has warned the NHS must change to avoid a £30 billion funding gap. If technology is going to be part of that change, what is doing to support entrepreneurs with innovative ideas? Rebecca Todd reports.
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Nicholson says mind the £30 billion gap
NHS England chief executive Sir David Nicholson has followed up on his call for a ‘big conversation’ on the future of the NHS by warning that it faces a £30 billion funding gap without radical change.
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Osborne shifts £3 billion to social care
Chancellor George Osborne has announced that £3 billion will be spent on jointly commissioned health and social care services in an “historic” shift towards integrated care.
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NHS managers reject Ofsted ratings
NHS managers have rejected the idea of ‘Ofsted-style ratings’ for hospitals – one of the government’s big planned responses to the Francis Inquiry into the scandal at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust.
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An NHS for the digital generation
In his new book, healthcare consultant Colin Jervis argues that it’s time to ‘stop saving the NHS and start re-inventing it’ by embracing disruptive technology.
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Nicholson to retire
EHI interview: Mike Farrar
The chief executive of the NHS Confederation wants the NHS to get to grips with IT and information; fast. He talks to Lyn Whitfield.
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Joe’s view of computer assisted self care
Joe McDonald has been flying easyJet and thinks it’s time that the NHS adopted for some easyThinking. He can even say what an easyMood service would look like…
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2012 changes to be felt in 2013
The transition away from the National Programme for IT in the NHS is finally underway and will gather speed in 2013, according to NHS IT directors asked for their views of the year ahead.
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Osborne ‘protects’ NHS from austerity
Chancellor George Osborne has once again promised to protect the NHS from the worse of his austerity measures; while acknowledging that it will need to make efficiency savings.
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