Friends and family Archives

25 September 2013

Digital care plans by 2015

Everyone with a long-term condition or disability must have a digital personalised care plan accessible online or via a mobile

17 September 2013

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.

19 August 2013

Kiosk trial for Friends and Family Test

Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is piloting the use of self check-in kiosks and other touch screen devices to

30 July 2013

Friends and Family Test data published

New data from the NHS Friends and Family Test has been published by NHS England today.

17 June 2013

Surrey and Sussex gets patient feedback

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust is implementing a patient experience system to collect feedback on its services.

4 June 2013

Hunt talks up NHS IT projects in US

The government’s plan to sequence 100,000 human genomes and link these to electronic health records will be “as significant as

7 May 2013

NHS England to publish IT strategy

NHS England is developing an NHS Technology Strategy and Roadmap, setting a national direction for NHS IT.

6 February 2013

It’s big, but is it clever?

Robert Francis’ final report into the Mid Staffordshire scandal is huge, but will its impact be in proportion to its

18 December 2012

Paperless NHS means paperless referrals

The NHS Commissioning Board’s planning guidance, issued today, has confirmed that a “paperless NHS” means paperless referrals by 2015.