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NHS Supply Chain awards wristband contracts

NHS Supply Chain has announced that eight suppliers have been chosen to provide patient identification wristbands to hospitals in England
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South Central chooses McKesson for HR support

South Central Ambulance Service NHS Trust has selected McKesson Shared Services to support its HR and payroll functions. The deal
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Swindells says Darzi 50 per cent about information

Matthew Swindells has said that the NHS Informatics Review sets an unprecedented information challenge.
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New website lets patients rate doctors

Dr Neil Bacon founder of www.iWantGreatCare.org A website has been launched that allows patients to rate individual GPs and hospital
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Data Sharing Review has messages for the NHS

Patients who consent to a course of treatment should be presumed to have given “implied consent” to having their data
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Intel gets approval for telecare device

Intel has received market clearance from the Food and Drug Administration for a new personal telehealth system.
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Heart surgery survival data published

The NHS has published data for trusts across the country on the survival rates of four different conditions. The data
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Major weaknesses found in maternity systems

The Healthcare Commission has urged trusts to invest in maternity information systems in a report that identifies major weaknesses in
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GPs concerned by TPP data sharing system

GPs have raised concerns about TPP SystmOne’s new data sharing model which Connecting for Health says is currently being reviewed
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NHS Lothian declares ‘data amnesty’

A Scottish health board has declared a data amnesty after a community health worker lost a USB stick containing personal
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