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NewsThe NHS and GDPR – register for HSJ's free webinar
Today sees the start of new data protection laws in the UK – and NHS organisations will have spent months ensuring their policies and procedures around personal information comply with the changes.
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NewsNHS needs better return for sharing data with companies, says minister
New “rules of engagement” are needed to ensure the NHS benefits from sharing more patient data with industry, Lord O’Shaughnessy has told HSJ.
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NewsNew record sharing scheme to cover 14 million patients
NHS England has chosen three regions to develop detailed health and care records covering 14 million people, in the latest national push to collect and share patient data at scale.
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NewsNHS Improvement 'has not been on the pitch enough'
NHS Improvement needs to “engage more actively with the work of NHS Digital and NHS England” to speed up digital transformation in the NHS, the chair of the regulator has said.
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Four trusts named as digital exemplars for 'hopeless' IT system
Four trusts will receive additional national support to improve the Lorenzo IT system, five years after a senior MP branded it a “hopeless system” supported by a government bribe.
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HSJ LocalUp to eight trusts to share pathology system
Pathologists in one of England’s most advanced health economies have launched a procurement for a common IT system across laboratories at up to eight NHS trusts.
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NewsTrusts singled out for failing at 'bog standard' IT
The failure of parts of the NHS to use “bog standard” IT is undermining the case to Treasury for more technology funding, an NHS England director has said.
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NewsExclusive: More clarity needed on tech funding, warns NHS top digital doctor
The top digital clinician in England has asked officials to provide “more clarity” on national technology funding, amid confusion about what money is available.
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NewsNHS to use patient 'video selfies' for national digital ID scheme
The NHS is planning to create online identities for millions of patients – who will need to submit a “video selfie” on their smart phones.
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NewsUpdated: Hunt launches review after 450,000 breast screenings missed due to IT failure
More than 400,000 women missed their final routine breast cancer screening over nearly a decade because of an IT failure, Jeremy Hunt said today.
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NewsNHS cybersecurity centre held up after contract concerns
A new security centre to defend the NHS from cyberattacks has been delayed for months after another government department raised concerns, papers released to HSJ reveal.
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Hundreds of millions in funding for STPs delayed
Plans to give health economies hundreds of millions of pounds to improve their IT systems have been delayed amid ongoing concerns about technology funding, HSJ has been told.
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NewsNHS strikes £200m deal with Microsoft to patch cyber holes
Every NHS trust in the country will be provided with the latest Windows operating system and cyber defences in a £200m deal with Microsoft.
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HSJ LocalTrust 'potentially in breach' of information governance laws
An ambulance trust board has been warned today it may be in breach of information governance legislation.
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NewsVaunted health tech firm forced to act on misleading marketing
A much vaunted digital health firm that has partnered with Uber has been forced to remove incorrect claims about NHS partnerships from its marketing, and to launch a probe of fake five star reviews allegedly posted by employees.
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NewsDiabetes apps more effective than face to face engagement, study finds
Diabetes apps should be adopted more widely after a pilot showed health improvements and better patient engagement than face to face programmes, a new study has found.
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HSJ PartnersMoving work to machines and patients
Health should follow other industries which have solved problems by moving production to machines or patients, writes Kaveh Safavi
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NewsExclusive: NHS on alert over Russian cyberattack threat
NHS trust leaders have been told to shore up their cyber defences amid increased fears of a state sanctioned attack against the UK.
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NewsExclusive: NHS national deal with Microsoft imminent
The NHS is close to signing a new national contract with Microsoft to provide Windows 10 nationally, as the first anniversary on WannaCry cyberattack approaches, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalCCGs clash over GP at Hand patients
Commissioners in south London have complained to counterparts in the north west of the city about GP at Hand – claiming patients who switch to the online service are not clearly told they could lose access to their existing GP.