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NewsICB paid £1.8k a day for temporary IT director
An integrated care board paid a company nearly £1,800 a day to provide a part-time board director, documents obtained by HSJ reveal.
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NewsVirtual ward expansion stalls despite record take-up
Virtual ward occupancy hit a record high in January but expansion has stalled over the past 12 months, according to analysis of official figures.
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NewsIran-linked attack hits trusts’ supplies
At least two trusts have declared incidents after a cyber attack on a key supplier, HSJ understands.
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NewsUS firm seals NHS tech deal worth £222m
Four trusts across two integrated care systems have signed a £222m contract with a US supplier for a new shared electronic patient record system.
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CommentChanging the economics of outpatient care through technology
NHS productivity has stalled, not because digital investment failed, but because it was layered onto old ways of working. Ambient technology offers a chance to finally redesign them
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NewsNHSE was ‘repeatedly blocked’ from extracting savings from IT suppliers
Poor market management saw the NHS miss technology savings “potentially in the millions”, according to a leaked NHS England report.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Is it safe?
The weekly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week, written by Ben Clover. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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CommentThe silent drift towards increased cyber risk in the NHS
The NHS is in the middle of a quiet but consequential shift in how cyber risk is assessed
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NewsMackey delays two more EPR launches
NHS England has intervened to delay the roll-out of electronic patient record systems at two trusts, due to major concerns over the operational impact.
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NewsFDP trusts failed to meet data security requirements
Almost one-third of NHS trusts using the federated data platform last year were not meeting minimum data security standards, HSJ can reveal.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Build, mandate, dismantle
The weekly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week, written by Ella Devereux. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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CommentSuccessful tech business cases do not have to offer cash savings
Humber Teaching Foundation Trust’s new EPR delivered no cash savings – by design. Lee Rickles, its chief information officer, argues the real return lies in clinical time, safety and user experience, not balance sheet gains
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News‘Confusing’ NHS App functions to be standardised
NHS England is planning to dismantle the patient engagement portal supplier market in a bid to save £11m and directly integrate appointment management into the NHS App, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentData must be used to better inform decisions, not simply justify them
In a data-rich NHS, the question is no longer how much information is collected, but why so little of it is translated into meaningful improvement
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CommentThe NHS’s digital accountability gap
NHS England’s digital drive risks hollowing accountability: outsourcing and AI can expand assurance capacity, but cannot absorb clinical risk, reputational exposure or the state’s ultimate responsibility
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CommentContinuity of care and improved access are not mutually exclusive
Continuity of care reduces mortality and hospital use, yet has fallen sharply in the UK. Restoring it could improve both outcomes and access
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CommentNHS care should be more personal as well as personalised
The NHS has long promised person-centred care, but the latest evidence suggests delivery still falls short of intent
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NewsUncertainty over reforms contributed to ICB’s illegal action
Confusion over NHS reforms led a West Country integrated care board to pursue a procurement route that it acknowledged was unlawful, and for which it is now being sued.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: How to launch an EPR
The weekly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week, written by Joe Talora. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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CommentFor neighbourhood care to work, we need a shared data infrastructure
An East London initiative offers a practical blueprint for how the NHS can deliver the preventive, neighbourhood-based care set out in its 10-Year Health Plan