ehi live 2014

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19 August 2014

Records access may reduce GP pressures

Giving patients access to their GP records can reduce demand for traditional appointments and telephone calls to practices, a research
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15 August 2014

226 bids worth Ā£360m made to tech fund 2

The second round of NHS Englandā€™s tech fund has received fewer bids than the first, and trusts are looking for
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12 August 2014

On the buses

In the latest of EHIā€™s series on information sharing initiatives, Rebecca Todd reports on the Oxfordshire Care Summary.
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4 August 2014

PM announces Ā£300m for genome project

Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a Ā£300m investment into the project to sequence 100,000 genomes by 2017.
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24 July 2014

HSCIC data lab details in November

The Health and Social Care Information Centre will release more information in November about its plans for a secure data
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24 July 2014

Friends and Family Test review published

NHS England has published a review of the Friends and Family Test which shows that response rates are lower than
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22 July 2014

Survey gives NHS Number another push

NHS England has launched a survey on the use of the NHS Number, which is once again being promoted as
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17 July 2014

King’s Fund warns of “cracks” in system

The Kingā€™s Fund has found further signs of financial stress on the health service ā€“ and warned that ā€œcracks are
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26 June 2014

Nine CSU alliances created for future

Nine commissioning support unit alliances have been created, based on a mix of partnerships and merging CSUs, NHS England has
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25 June 2014

BMA votes for care.data opt-in

The British Medical Association has voted in favour of making care.data an opt-in system rather than an opt-out one, following
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