Safety

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21 August 2006

‘No believable plan’ for completion of iSoft Lorenzo

A confidential review of iSoft’s release schedule has revealed that there are no immediate prospects for the completion and delivery
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21 August 2006

NI to link barcodes on prescriptions to EPRs

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety in Northern Ireland has announced it has signed a £6.8m contract
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17 August 2006

CfH seeks acute trust for blood barcoding pilot

NHS Connecting for Health and the National Patient Safety Agency have announced they are looking for an acute trust to
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16 August 2006

Trusts urged to move faster with e-prescribing

Trusts are being urged to move forward faster with e-prescribing and the use of robotics to automate hospital pharmacies by
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9 August 2006

Strike action threat over NHS Direct cuts

  Unison and the Royal College of Nursing are warning they may consider strike action after a consultation into staff
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24 July 2006

First chief clinical officer appointed by CfH

Professor Michael Thick has been appointed as Connecting for Health’s first chief clinical officer. The new chief clinical officer, who
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19 July 2006

Online clinical incident reporting cuts admin

A primary care trust has deployed a web-based reporting tool to log clinical incidents in real time. Last month 64% of
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11 July 2006

Doctors test out RFID system for handovers

Doctors at the Birmingham’s Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust are testing the use of RFID technology for patient handovers.
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6 July 2006

Patient safety becomes priority for NHS IT

The NHS National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) has worked with Connecting for Health to build a rigorous system of safety
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3 July 2006

Sealed envelope safety risk raised by BMA

Doctors have raised concerns that Connecting for Health proposals to allow patients to hide some information in sealed envelopes puts
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