Data quality held to quality account
The Department of Health wants NHS organisations to publish details of their data quality as part of its plans for Quality Accounts, which will be mandatory for hospitals from next year and for primary care from 2011. A public consultation on the proposed framework for Quality Accounts has been launched by the DH ahead of […]
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Information for World Class Commissioning
World Class Commissioning is a developing discipline with information at its heart. Daloni Carlisle reports.
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Digital maps show flu pick-up gaps
NHS emergency planners in Bristol and Avon are using advanced digital mapping to develop their swine flu pandemic response strategy. The mapping has been used to identify the appropriate number and location of antiviral collection points needed for patients in the area. The mapping took into account population statistics and travel times to community pharmacies and […]
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FluSurvey surveillance website launched
A website that will provide up-to-date information and surveillance on swine flu has been launched by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). The LSHTM together with the Health Protection Agency set up the new site to allow visitors to access information on the transmission, symptoms and receive advice about swine flu as […]
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Funding forecast is colder than ever
The NHS would have to make historically unprecedented productivity gains to close the gap between its likely funding after 2011 and the Wanless projections of its future spending needs. According to a report by the King’s Fund and the Institute for Fiscal Studies, the health service would need to make gains of between 3.4% and […]
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Data blindness
The latest scandal to hit the NHS was obscured for years in rows about data. Its legacy should be far better systems to capture patient experience.
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Competition for better information use
The Power of Information Taskforce has launched a competition to encourage people to find better ways of using the information the government holds. The taskforce, which was established by the Cabinet Office in March, is offering a prize of up to £20,000 to take the winning idea forward with a development team. It is also […]
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Negotiations over £143m Fujitsu advance continue
Questions about advance payments made to Fujitsu by NHS Connecting for Health are still to be resolved, as discussions on contract termination continue between the two parties. Figures submitted to the National Audit Office on 31 March showed that Fujitsu received £370m out of £1.3billion of advance payments from CfH, but were to repay £143m. […]
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NHS Choices to publish death rates
The Department of Health (DH) is to publish death rates of patients undergoing major surgery at NHS hospitals in England, on the NHS Choices website from later this summer. The aim of the move is to provide patients with information on the mortality rates of NHS trusts carrying out major surgical procedures such as hip […]
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CSC and Fujitsu NHS contract resets continue
Negotiations to reset the local service provider contracts in the North, Midlands and East of England, plus the South of England have still not been finalised. E-Health Insider learned this week that a 6 May deadline for the completion of the contract with LSP Computer Sciences Corporation has passed unmet. Both Connecting for Health and […]
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