First four regional secure data environments confirmed

Four initial sites will be awarded a slice of £100 million funding by NHS England to develop regional secure data
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Automatic roll-out of Citizen Access to GP records halted at eleventh hour

In a last-minute decision NHS England has halted the roll-out of a scheme that would have given all NHS patients
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NHS England’s national CCIO Prof Jonathan Benger moves to NICE

Prof Jonathan Benger, national CCIO at NHS England, is to become the new chief medical officer at the National Institute
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National data guardian says suppliers must share NHS core values

NHS national data guardian Dr Nicola Byrne has advised national policymakers that they should ensure key suppliers must share NHS
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Speculation rife on who will be the next NHS CIO

At the Tech UK London Health and Social Care Industry Dinner last night speculation was rife on who will be
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UHB CEO David Rosser to take on regional digital health and care role

Professor David Rosser, the long-serving high-profile CEO of University Hospital Birmingham NHS FT, is to step down to take on
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Uncertainty surrounds digital funding of NHS England levelling up scheme

Funding of NHS England’s levelling up scheme is looking increasingly uncertain ahead of Thursday’s crunch Autumn Statement.
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Mental health trusts still unable to access patient records months after attack

The NHS is struggling to recover EPRs for 12 mental health trusts after the most disruptive cyber security attack on
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Client data exfiltrated in Advanced NHS cyber attack

Health and care software supplier Advanced has confirmed that client data were accessed and extracted by hackers during a cyber
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UnitedHealth Group to buy GP IT provider EMIS for £1.2billion

American health giant UnitedHealth Group has agreed to acquire EMIS Group in an all-cash deal which is worth around £1.24billion
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