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Trust and council in discharge first

The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust and Islington Council have become the first organisations in the country to go live with
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First wave of CP-IS gathers strength

Three NHS organisations and three local authorities have now gone live in the first wave of a nationwide Child Protection
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Newham provides full EPS R2 coverage

Newham has become the third clinical commissioning group in the country to make the Electronic Prescription Service Release 2 available
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HSCIC starts SUS and Care ID transfer

A “lift and shift” of two key Health and Social Care Information Centre services, moving them in-house, will give the
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No date for care.data report response

The programme director for care.data says she is happy with its “very productive” pathfinder phase, despite no date being set
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SCR reaches 50m patients

The NHS Summary Care Record has reached the 50 million patient mark, with more than 30,000 record views now occurring
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Shed light on big data – ethics report

Greater transparency about big data projects in healthcare is crucial if they are to succeed without losing public trust, a
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Single opt-out “needed” for patient data

Health authorities should implement a single Spine-based opt-out for identifiable patient data, covering all care settings, to respect patients' rights,
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Power to the people on: Charlie Hebdo and the NHS

Paul Hodgkin wonders what the recent massacre of French cartoonists has to say to the NHS, and argues that thing
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HSCIC ‘chipping away’ at NME exit plans

Progress is being made in managing the transition away from local service provider contracts in the North, Midlands and East
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