All NHS Digital (HSCIC) articles – Page 13
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NewsMajor IT supplier pays out to NHS over misleading reports
England’s biggest supplier of GP IT has reached a multimillion pound settlement after the company admitted to providing misleading information about the quality of its service.
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Exclusive: Supplier faces 'big penalties' after huge NHS email shutdown
Consultancy firm Accenture is very likely to face “big penalties” after a software upgrade led to the complete shutdown of the NHS email service, HSJ has been told.
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NewsUpdate: Most NHS email accounts restored after mass shutdown
Most NHS email accounts are back online after a mass shutdown on Saturday that froze staff access to their accounts around the country.
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NewsGIRFT: Significant savings to be had in oral and maxillofacial surgery
The NHS could save more than £18m by reducing follow-ups for oral surgery and increasing the proportion of wisdom teeth removals done as outpatients procedures, a new report has found.
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NewsTens of millions of patient records to move to Amazon cloud
More than 40 million UK patient records will be shifted onto Amazon Web Services, as part of a wider upgrade by the dominant NHS GP IT supplier.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Data dump delving
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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NewsData shows need for 'urgent' renewal of children's mental health care
Mental illness among children and young people has become significantly more widespread, new data from NHS Digital has revealed.
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NewsExclusive: Public want new NHS money to go on cancer and staff, not digital
The public’s highest priorities for new NHS funding are cancer care and staffing, while their lowest are digital access and better services for vulnerable groups.
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NewsShifting NHS spend away from hospitals ‘can’t wait’, says health secretary
Increasing the share of the NHS budget spent on primary and community “can’t wait” and should begin next year, health secretary Matt Hancock has told HSJ.
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Expert BriefingGreater Manchester eyes 52 NHS sites for 1,700 new homes
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsRevealed: £700m NHS IT network upgrade delays
Plans to move the NHS to a new national IT network by 2020 are in doubt because of “vendor handover” delays.
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NewsGP patient data now being automatically collected to boost screening
NHS Digital will now routinely collect diabetic patient level data from GPs under a new legal direction designed to ensure consistent monthly reporting.
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NewsNew tech team to clean up trust IT fiascos
A new central technology team is being parachuted into NHS trusts to clean up after major IT deployments go wrong.
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NewsIT defect results in thousands of prescription errors
An error in an IT system used by thousands of GP practices means patients around the country could have been given the wrong medication.
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NewsHancock outlines tech vision with new 'mandatory' IT standards
The NHS should move NHS data and IT systems onto the cloud, using a system like those run by tech giants like Microsoft or Amazon, according to a document outlining the health secretary’s “tech vision”.
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NewsExclusive: Tech priorities for the long term plan
Billions of pounds could be spent expanding artificial intelligence, telehealth and a host of new tech projects to support NHS long term plan ambitions, HSJ had been told.
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NewsRevealed: Officials' £13bn funding ask to modernise NHS IT
Implementing the forthcoming long term plan for the NHS will require up to £13bn in IT spending over the next five years, according to official estimates, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsPoor uptake of new scheme to give patients control of confidential records
A new national system to give NHS patients control over sharing their confidential health records has been used by less than 5,000 people, leading to accusations that it has been poorly publicised.
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NewsCyber-attack cost NHS £92m – DHSC
The WannaCry ransomware attack cost the NHS £92m in disruption to services and IT upgrades, the Department of Health and Social Care estimates.
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NewsExclusive: Tighter cyber security deemed ‘not value for money’
The government is set to ignore recommendations from its top national cyber body that the NHS must meet a “minimum bar” for cyber security, even as the service continues to come under online attack.