Govt fights publication of risk register

The Department of Health’s most senior civil servant has warned that publishing the risk register for the government’s health reforms
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DH ‘must publish’ WSD results

The Department of Health needs to publish the full results of the whole system demonstrator projects to avoid expensive mistakes
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North SHA flags reform risk to IT plans

One of England’s cluster strategic health authorities has identified the government’s health reforms as posing a risk to its IT
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Govt takes forward open standards plans

The Cabinet Office has launched a consultation on open standards for government IT.
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Study finds patients spot good hospitals

Patients are good judges of the standard of the hospitals they use, according to a study that compared comments on
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Health Bill faces storm in Lords

The Health and Social Care Bill returns to the Lords today, amid increasingly strident opposition to key elements of the
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Morecambe Bay missed 14,000 outpatients

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust is working through a backlog of 14,000 patients who failed to receive
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RCGP comes out against Bill

The Royal College of General Practitioners has become the latest royal medical college to urge the government to withdraw its
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NHS CB starts to clarify IT role

The chief technology office and some of the functions of the Department of Health Informatics Directorate will transfer to the
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Lansley Bill comes under further fire

Health secretary Andrew Lansley is being put under further pressure to agree to amendments to the Health and Social Care
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