Ireland plans big e-health investment

Ireland is planning to massively increase the amount of money that it spends on healthcare IT as part of a
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Thomas renews focus on professionalism

The new chair of UKCHIP is urging the various bodies involved in representing NHS IT and information staff to work
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Change at the top of Patient Opinion

Paul Hodgkin, the Sheffield GP who founded Patient Opinion, has stood down as chief executive, and James Munro, its director
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NHS England puts IT in five year plans

NHS England has issued draft planning guidance for 2014-15, calling for action on the NHS Number, progress on the digital
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Colchester told to invest in cancer IT

A report on cancer services at Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust has discovered that it purchased a specialist cancer
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Ideagen manages Central Manchester docs

Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is using Ideagen software to populate its web-based electronic patient record system with
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Glasgow praised for IT crash response

A report has blamed a “rare corruption” of an Active Directory database for a major computer crash at NHS Greater
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Colchester put into special measures

Monitor has put Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust, which is facing a data scandal related to cancer waiting times,
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Simon Stevens to head NHS England

Simon Stevens, a one-time Blairite health advisor, has been announced as the new chief executive of NHS England.
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Kick-back at the EHI Live Speakeasy

Spread it quietly, but spread the word: EHI will be running a speakeasy at EHI Live for the first time.
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