Archived News: February 2006

Involved in childhood immunisation? See Planned changes to the routine Childhood Immunisation Programme in England. Need to know more? See further information and see Protecting the health of the Nation's children: the benefit of vaccines

RCN Scotland have an e-Health theme at their Member Conference on March 6th - more details are available by contacting Luci.Pollard@rcn.org.uk or by calling 0131-662 6154

Live in England and interested in how NHS CFH IT can help with care delivery? Book yourself onto the FREE Connecting for Health Nursing and Midwifery Conference which is being held in London on March 28th ( with US Speakers) and consider entering your local project for the NHS Leadership in Health Informatics Accolade Scheme 2006

Live in Northern Ireland? See the new DoH/Northern Ireland Concordat

Communication with nurses affected by new IT implementations is an issue and will become a risk without appropriate action

New GP choice proposals outlined

Live in travel distance of central London? Opportunity to hear a talk by Barbara Stuttle at a meeting of the British Computer Society - Nursing Specialist Group on Wed March 1st 2006 18.00 - 20.00

eHealth For The Aged - A Market Or A Myth

Live in England? Read the new White Paper 'Our Health, Our Care, Our Say'and see comment

Interested in Practice Based Commissioning? See Early Wins and Top Tips

Work for NHS Direct? See Guidance for primary care trusts on commissioning NHS Direct services from April 2006

Interested in Infection Control? English MRSA results updated and see The infection control IT implementation and evaluation project

Telecare Based Same Day Breast Cancer Diagnosis

Work in a Mental Health Early Intervention Service? See new local delivery plans

Involved with cases of domestic abuse? Handbook for Health Professionals available

Interesting questions re IT in Delivering quality and value: A briefing for NHS Chairs and Non-Executive Director (page 15)

HC2006 : HEALTH INFORMATICS MAKING THE DIFFERENCE 20 - 22 MARCH 2006 Harrogate Book now