Community

3 July 2008

Berkshire gets CfH help desk accreditation

HP Service Desk Berkshire Shared Services has gained Connecting for Health accreditation to enable it to handle IT-related technical problems

2 July 2008

Wales opens new health informatics lab

Informing Healthcare, the Welsh NHS IT agency, has opened a new state-of-the-art health informatics research laboratory at Swansea University, designed

1 July 2008

QoF to be re-focused on health promotion

Lord Darzi’s NHS review outlines plans to overhaul the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QoF) to place a greater emphasis on

1 July 2008

NHS Choices gets central role in future health

The DH's flagship website has been given a central role in Lord Darzi’s plans for reforming the health service in

30 June 2008

Darzi review stresses choice and information

Greater choice, better information and a legal duty for strategic health authorities to promote innovation are key themes of the

30 June 2008

Scottish GPs to get choice of systems

The Scottish government is to set up a national framework contract for GP systems and launch a procurement for an

30 June 2008

Kent and Medway use COIN for cardiac care

Kent informatics staff at Darent Valley A new Community of Interest Network (COIN) at Kent and Medway is helping cardiac

20 June 2008

Call for new urgent care phone number

The Ambulance Service Network (ASN) has called for a new national telephone number for urgent non-life threatening calls, which would

17 June 2008

Healthcare Interoperability event launched by EHI

E-Health Insider is launching a new conference and exhibition called Healthcare Interoperability on 30 October at the International Convention Centre,

17 June 2008