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HSCIC to host IG Alliance

The Health and Social Care Information Centre will host a new Information Governance Alliance group which aims to bring together
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PAC doubts e-referrals success

The Commons’ public accounts committee is “sceptical” about NHS England’s ability to fully utilise the e-referrals service.
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‘No deadline’ for care.data roll-out

There is no new date set for the national deployment of the care.data programme after the government announced a six
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King’s Fund warns crisis “inevitable”

A financial crisis in the NHS is “inevitable” by 2015-16 or even sooner, the King’s Fund has warned in a
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Pharmacists want SCR access

Access to the Summary Care Record is essential, a community pharmacist has said as NHS England considers launching a pilot
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Central Eastern CSU to shut its doors

The Central Eastern Commissioning Support Unit has decided to close down in October 2014, despite being financially viable for the
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E-referrals to go live in November

The NHS e-referrals service will go live in November this year after having undergone several rounds of testing, the Health
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GPs to offer hotline for patient care

The Department of Health and NHS England will launch a ‘Proactive Care Programme’ in September 2014 in order to develop
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500 GP practices to pilot care.data

Between 100 and 500 GP practices will trial care.data in a phased roll out beginning this autumn, NHS England has
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DH rolls back GP records access promise

The government’s pledge to give patients online access to their GP records by March 2015 has been scaled back again,
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