Technology and innovation – Page 62
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NewsPrimary care fund could be reduced by £300m, say commissioners
CCG board papers say estates and technology transformation fund will be reduced to around £400m NHS England says CCG’s figures are inaccurate Bids for premises funding required to go through STP process Source warns the fund could be reduced to “balance the books” Commissioners have raised concerns that ...
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HSJ LocalTrusts establish 'first of its kind' regional pathology venture
Two trusts have formed an innovative digital pathology partnership designed to secure sustainable, high quality services for the whole of east and south Yorkshire.
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NewsLandmark patient data probe sparks 'serious concerns'
NHS accused of wrongly sharing hospital data of 1.2m patients Privacy group says NHS’s hospital data does not comply with anonymisation standards NHS Digital says it does comply with standards Researchers raise “serious concerns” about impact on life saving studies The UK’s data watchdog is set to make ...
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HSJ LocalHospital IT crash won't be resolved until end of the week
Leeds and Bradford trusts cancel 132 operations IT system may not be fully restored until the end of this week Other hospitals in Yorkshire now providing pathology services to Bradford hospital and Leeds GPs Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust has said it has now successfully cleared a backlog of ...
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NewsNHS Digital grapples with 1.2 million patient data breaches
NHS Digital still unable to respect data preferences of patients from 51 GP surgeries NHS Digital must contact 1.2 million patients before 19 October to tell them their confidential data may have been shared against their wishes More than a third of organisations that received unauthorised NHS data ...
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NewsCQC told to change culture after data loss 'never event'
Independent security review says July’s loss of 500 people’s data should be a “wake-up call” “Mismatch” between CQC policy and staff behaviour CQC considering second review next year to check on progress of organisational change An independent review has told the Care Quality Commission it needs a “culture ...
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HSJ LocalGPs told to cancel blood tests after teaching trust's IT failure
CCGs tell all GPs in Leeds to cancel routine blood tests after hardware fault at Leeds Teaching Hospital GPs expect to have to recall some patients for testing as samples become unviable Fault is also affecting Bradford Teaching Hospitals and caused “critical” internal incident at Leeds All routine ...
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HSJ LocalIT crash causes 'critical incident' at major teaching hospital
Operations and appointments have been cancelled after a “critical” fault with Leeds Teaching Hospitals’ pathology IT system Test results are having to be hand delivered to clinical teams with significant impact on patient flow Fault is also affecting Bradford Teaching Hospitals and local GPs who use the trust’s pathology ...
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CommentAnalysis: Wachter response must not ignore the digitally challenged
The Wachter review has rightly been praised for its bold statements on timetables and funding – and its pragmatism - but a robust plan is still needed for digitally-challenged and non-acute trusts, writes James Illman
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NewsNot prioritising cash for tech laggards is 'right'
Beverley Bryant backs plans to switch funding priorities and push back digital deadline to 2023 Leading trusts will bring others with them, Ms Bryant says NHS Digital director sets out priorities including plans to parachute 100 “business change” staff to NHS organisations Pledges to make NHS Digital “relevant” and ...
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HSJ KnowledgeRoundtable: Making the most of technology
Doing technology well involves negotiating multiple hurdles, from sceptical boards to lack of national direction, heard HSJ’s latest roundtable panel
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NewsHead of academic health partnership to retire
The managing director of UCLPartners is retiring next week.
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NewsChild protection system still lacks data on 87,000 children
Local authorities face technical difficulties uploading information None of the four children’s specialist trusts have successfully implemented child protection information sharing system False negatives “raise a risk” for children with protection plans Nearly three quarters of children with child protection plans do not have their details stored on ...
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HSJ LocalTrust to receive millions as mental health research centre
Oxford Health FT and Oxford University named second mental health biomedical research centre Announcement part of £816m investment in medical research by DH Cash will be split between 20 research centres with Oxford set to receive £12.8m A foundation trust has been named the country’s second mental health ...
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NewsNHS Digital urges staff to take responsibility for security
Chief executives need to take responsiblity for “cyber hygiene” Good cyber security requires all staff to be trained, says NHS Digital New helpline to be set up to report data security incidents NHS Digital has called on NHS staff to take more responsibility for “cyber hygiene” and launched ...
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NewsLeading AHSN appoints new managing director
Imperial College Health Partners has appointed Axel Heitmueller as its new managing director.
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HSJ KnowledgeRoundtable: How to get the innovation message out there
HSJ and Pfizer’s roundtable asked what can be done to spread the best ideas in the NHS beyond their local origins – and at scale.
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HSJ KnowledgeRoundtable: How about some big action on data
The NHS must ensure that informatics’ potential for savings and productivity must be fulfilled quickly
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NewsHunt names 12 'digital excellence' trusts in line for funding
Twelve trusts will receive funding of up to £10m each to fast track digital innovation Twenty more trusts to receive up to £5m to act as national digital champions Initiative comes as response to Wachter review published today Jeremy Hunt is today due to name 12 trusts that ...
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NewsWachter tells ministers: Discard 'unrealistic' 2020 IT target
Ministers urged to ditch “unrealistic” paperless NHS by 2020 target Wachter review warns significantly more money required to achieve a digital NHS Wachter tells HSJ he recognised political issue in calling for more funding but that Jeremy Hunt had been “extremely supportive” of review Review sets out a roadmap ...