social care

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1 May 2009

NHS Evidence launches

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has launched NHS Evidence, an online source of “fast, free, relevant and
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30 April 2009

Social care to use NHS Number

The Department of Health has announced that the NHS Number can be used in social care to link social care
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28 April 2009

Hampshire rejects SCR for HHR

The largest primary care trust in England has decided not to implement the Summary Care Record in the next 12
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23 April 2009

Telecare delivers savings in Scotland

Telecare in Scotland has delivered savings of more than £11m and is improving health and social care delivery and quality
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9 April 2009

The NHS Number

In the latest column from NHS Connecting for Health, Julie Tindale, national clinical lead for the NHS Number Programme, discusses
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31 March 2009

Hospitals breaking DPA every day

The BMA says hospitals are breaking the Data Protection Act on a daily basis by sending referral correspondence to the
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27 March 2009

Thumbs up for ECDL in Wales

Health service staff believe basic IT skills training has improved the quality of care they give to patients, according to
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2 March 2009

InterQual to manage care across Rotherham

Rotherham Health and Social Care Economy Partnership is deploying an evidence-based decision support and care management system developed and widely-used
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17 February 2009

SCR access widens again

Community pharmacists, end of life care teams and ambulance staff will gain access to the Summary Care Record in a
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4 February 2009

Demonstrators make slow progress

Around 650 people are using new assistive care technologies as part of the Whole System Demonstrator project, according to the
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