Dept of Health

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7 March 2011

Full WSD results expected by autumn

The full results from the evaluation of the world’s biggest telehealth trial are not expected to be published in full
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4 March 2011

Slow progress halts EPS R2 applications

The Department of Health has stopped any more primary care trusts from applying to take part in Release 2 of
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1 March 2011

Scope of SCR reduced further

Plans to allow hospitals and patients to add to the Summary Care Record have been put on hold.
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28 February 2011

Never events list demands wristbands

All organisations providing NHS care will be required to provide their patients with standardised printed wristbands or risk not being
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28 February 2011

NHS Direct bids again for FT status

NHS Direct has renewed its plans to become a foundation trust on the basis that it will win contracts to
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23 February 2011

Hospitals still failing on wristbands

Several major hospitals are failing to generate and print standardised wristbands for their patients.
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22 February 2011

DH promises Read codes for SCR

NHS Connecting for Health has issued fresh guidance on the Summary Care Record, setting out how practices can implement changes
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21 February 2011

DH plans informatics future

The Department of Health is working on a plan to keep informatics services working during the latest shake-up of the
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17 February 2011

CSC set to win ASCC child and community

Sources suggest that the winner of the ASCC procurment for child and community health systems in the South will be
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15 February 2011

Pharmacy access to SCR suspended

The Department of Health has suspended a pilot scheme to test community pharmacy access to the Summary Care Record.
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