Sussex Community aims to become digital leader as strategy is laid out
Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust (SCFT) has laid out its digital strategy delivery plan, with a main ambition of becoming a digital leader in the NHS.
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Patient feedback can drive positive change, but only if we listen
Fliss Swift from University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay explores why people should recognise the benefits of patient feedback.
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Healthcare IT news in brief
This week’s round up of healthcare IT industry developments includes new launches and a competiton for junior doctors to win video promotion for a good quality improvement idea.
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Axed patient feedback service cost £1.2m
NHS England’s abandoned patient feedback service Care Connect cost on average £1,600 for every patient query resolved, a Freedom of Information Act response reveals.
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Healthwatch hosts comparison sites
Healthwatch Sandwell has set up a GP practice comparison website including information on how long it takes to get an appointment.
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Leeds CCG seeks feedback on GPs via text
NHS Leeds West Clinical Commissioning Group is piloting a Friends and Family Test feedback text messaging system.
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Friends and Family app for Salisbury
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust has created an app for patients to complete the Friends and Family Test.
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Friends and Family Test for GPs by 2015
All GPs, community and mental health services must be collecting Friends and Family Test data from January 2015.
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Kiosk trial for Friends and Family Test
Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is piloting the use of self check-in kiosks and other touch screen devices to do the Friends and Family Test.
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Care Connect going live
A multi-channel patient feedback service developed by NHS England is going live in 18 trusts in London and the North within a week.
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