Nagpaul backs ‘measured’ access approach
A measured approach to providing online access to patient records is necessary to make sure that the GP profession is kept on board and information governance and security issues can be resolved, the BMA’s GP Committee chair has said.
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NHS Choices re-launched next month
The integrated customer service platform beta launch in November will be a re-launch of NHS Choices.
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EHI interview: Tim Kelsey
EHI news editor Rebecca Todd speaks to NHS England’s director of patients and information Tim Kelsey – one of the keynote speakers at EHI Live 2013 – about the tech fund, a more digital future for the NHS, and the role of innovators.
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£1m national leaflet drop on care.data
The government will spend £1m sending a patient information leaflet about the controversial care.data programme to every household in England.
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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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Supply options outlined for renamed ICSP
NHS England’s planned patient platform, which is due to take over from NHS Choices, will have different components delivered by different providers.
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Hunt announces £1 billion for health IT
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced another £240m for the technology fund, in a move that will see the government and NHS organisations invest £1 billion in IT over the next three years.
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50,000 clinicians to learn to code
NHS England’s director of patients and information expects 50,000 clinicians to learn how to code over the next few years.
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Speakers announced for EHI Live 2013
Tim Kelsey, NHS England’s national director for patients and information, will be the keynote speaker at EHI Live 2013; where he will head a programme of top-name presenters.
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Bureaucracy busters set to work on NHS
A bureaucracy busting campaign is being launched to reduce the burden of data collection for the NHS.
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