NHS Improvement defends PLICS timescale and support plans
NHS Improvement is to develop a procurement framework for patient level information costing systems in a bid to provide assurance to more than100 trusts that have yet to invest in a system.
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NHS Improvement is to develop a procurement framework for patient level information costing systems in a bid to provide assurance to more than100 trusts that have yet to invest in a system.
On one reading, everything is in place for all trusts to finally start using PLICS. On another, mistakes are being made on crucial details and the timetable is too protracted. Daloni Carlisle reports.
The Department of Health has ordered contracts being negotiated with TPP to be put under review while an issue with the use of the QRisk2 calculator with its systems is resolved.
The Health and Social Care Information Centre has published its first Data Quality Maturity Index, which assesses NHS providers on the quality of the data they submit to the centre.
The Health and Social Care Information Centre’s new director of data science starts a new analytics column by reflecting on the long journey that NHS data items can take; and on how to make sure they arrive in the best possible state.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has launched an investigation into the QRisk2 calculator used by some GPs using TPP’s SystmOne to assess the risk of cardiovascular disease in patients.