social care

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1 July 2009

TPP moves on secondary care

TPP has launched a series of SystmOne modules covering acute hospitals, community hospitals, mental health, social services and out-of-hours care.
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11 June 2009

NIGB says don’t delete information

Information should never be completely removed from an electronic patient record, according to new draft guidance. The National Information Governance
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8 June 2009

IC boss sets out quality programmes

The chief executive of the Information Centre has claimed that the UK has the potential to have the best technology
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27 May 2009

CAF demonstrator details unveiled

The Department of Health has published an overview of the work being undertaken by the nine sites chosen as demonstrators
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18 May 2009

Professionals start using ContactPoint

Up to 800 health, education and social care professionals are to start using the national children’s database ContactPoint from today,
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15 May 2009

Simulation improves falls care

A primary care trust has won an award for its use of a computer-based simulation programme to forecast the impact
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13 May 2009

Capita wins quality mark contract

The Department of Health has appointed Capita to manage the Information Standard accreditation scheme that is due to be launched
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11 May 2009

ACS buys hosting and outsourcing firm

Advanced Computer Software, the owners of out of-hours software provider Adastra, has bought a hosting and outsourcing firm to accelerate
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1 May 2009

NHS Evidence launches

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has launched NHS Evidence, an online source of “fast, free, relevant and
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30 April 2009

Social care to use NHS Number

The Department of Health has announced that the NHS Number can be used in social care to link social care
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