General election 2015 Archives

29 December 2015

Digital Health’s review of the year, 2015

A winter crisis, an election, a spending round, projects that went well, projects that didn’t. Lyn Whitfield looks back over

22 April 2015

Records come round again

Political parties keep promising patients online access to their medical records. EHI News editor Rebecca McBeth assesses progress in the

22 April 2015

Parties clash on NHS funding and reform

The health spokesmen of the three main political parties have clashed over the future funding and structure of the NHS

16 April 2015

Paper cuts

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt’s call for a ‘paperless’ NHS was the big healthcare IT initiative of the past five years

14 April 2015

Tory manifesto re-runs access pledge

The Conservative Party has promised to continue the NHS transparency agenda and to give people “full access” to their electronic

9 April 2015

Care.data stuck in the last chance saloon

Critics of care.data say it is sitting in the “last chance saloon”. Sam Sachdeva looks at its prospects in the

25 March 2015

Calling up a storm

Thomas Meek looks at the troubled history of NHS 111 in the first of a short series of features looking

3 March 2015

Care.data on hold until election

Lingering questions dogging NHS England's controversial care.data programme will hold up data extractions until after the May general election, Tim

2 January 2015

15 predictions for 2015

There will be a general election, debate about the future of the NHS, discussion about the role of IT, and