CCIO sought by NHS Commissioning Board
The NHS Commissioning Board is advertising for a part-time Clinical Informatics Director to fulfil a national Chief Clinical Information Officer-like role.
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Future Forum calls for clinical leaders
A clinician responsible for organising information to support better patient care should be identified in every NHS organisation, the NHS Future Forum has recommended.
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DH accepts Field info plans
The long-awaited NHS information strategy will be released by April this year and will contain a plan for access to GP records and details of how the government will make sure that NHS IT systems are interoperable.
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Future Forum calls for access plan
The NHS Future Forum has said the government needs to develop a plan to deliver on its commitment to give patients access to their online records by 2015.
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RCGP fuels health bill concerns
The Royal College of GPs has sought an assurance from the Prime Minister that the Health and Social Care Bill will not force doctors to breach their duty of confidentiality, as debate about the future of the Bill itself intensifies.
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Field to lead reform review panel
The government is to launch a “future forum” to advise on changes to its NHS reforms that will be lead by Professor Steve Field, the immediate past chair of the Royal College of GPs.
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