Glasgow network makes light work of data display
NHS Greater Glasgow has finalised the installation of a high-speed network that links all 19 PCTs and around half of the GP surgeries with Glasgow City Council allowing health and social care data to be collated and examined in one place, as well as fast transfer of images and pictures. A powerful portal system has […]
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Children’s e-health strategy focuses on shared records
An information strategy published as part of the new Children’s and Maternity Services National Service Framework focuses on how health information about children held on the NHS Care Records Service could be shared with social care and education bodies, and what role the National Programme for IT, NHS trusts and local service providers have to play. The […]
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NHSIA Stakeholder Link to close
The NHS Information Authority has announced the immediate closure of its Stakeholder Link service. Some of the service’s functions will be transferred to the National Programme for IT’s communications and stakeholder team. The move is part of the run-down of the authority whose abolition was announced in July. Its work will be divided between the […]
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NPfIT receives Big Brother award for privacy fears
The National Programme for IT has won “Most Appalling Project" at Privacy International’s 6th Annual UK Big Brother awards at the London School of Economics, due to continuing concerns over security of electronic patient records. Issues with the NHS CRS that Privacy International felt had not been addressed include an apparent lack of flexibility for […]
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NHSIA axed in arm’s-length bodies review
A long-anticipated axe fell on the NHS Information Authority (NHSIA) today when its abolition was announced as part of the Department of Health’s “Arm’s-length Bodies Review”. The NHSIA’s IT work will be incorporated into the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) and its information-related functions will be transferred to a new Health and Social Care Information […]
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Dermatology telemedicine system wins innovation award
An innovative scheme that not only uses electronic referral and PACS but software that plots healing patterns based on archived images has won its creators a cash award for Innovative Service Delivery in the NHS Innovations Health & Social Care Awards. The Leg Ulcer Telemedicine (LUTM) Service was programmed and developed by consultant vascular surgeon Simon […]
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Patient and clinical advisory boards to be replaced
A new Care Record Development Board (CRDB) is to be created to help ensure NHS IT helps deliver better patient care. The new body will replace the National Programme for IT’s Patient Advisory Board (PAB) and National Clinical Advisory Board (NCAB). The CRDB will be chaired by Harry Clayton the Department of Health’s director for […]
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NPfIT nominated for Big Brother award
The National Programme for IT has been nominated for the “Most Appalling Project" in Privacy International’s UK Big Brother 2004 awards because of unresolved concerns in the NHS Care Records Service (CRS) over patient consent and data ownership. The nomination list, which is published in full tomorrow, says that the NPfIT is the favourite to win […]
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Halligan: “Connection” goal of IT reform
Aidan Halligan, deputy chief medical officer and director general of strategic development for the National Programme for Information Technology (NPfIT), has declared that his ultimate goal is to make connections between “clinicians, patients and the totality of health and social care resources” in a "community of knowledge". “Connection is at the core of our vision […]
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ASSIST attacks GP boycott of electronic records
The chairman of the Association for ICT Professionals in Health and Social Care (ASSIST) has condemned GPs for voting not to co-operate with the Care Records System to be implemented by the National Programme for IT (NPfIT). Andrew Haw said: “It is a shame that, instead of putting barriers in the way of progress, the GPs could […]
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