Archived London News: 2004 - 2008September 2008 Pressure group warns on nurse shortage CRS problems cost Barts and the London £3m Royal Marsden implements secure remote access August 2008 Royal Free flags training issues and Royal Free says Cerner ‘extremely challenging’ London trusts join forces in research venture July 2008 Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust has become the first in the country to go-live with a Cerner Millennium Release 1 Care Records System. Darzi releases Final Report: High quality care for all June 2008 May 2008 Nurse Prescriber? Association for Nurse Prescribing Conference in London in July Oxford deploy new electronic discharge system April 2008 This month's NMC/Regulatory Body Update;The new Code is available now to read and download Moorfields develop glaucoma detection software Centre for robotic surgery opened in London Barts and The London switches on Millennium March 2008 February 2008 January 2008 Conference 21st Jan in London: Creating an Effective Business Plan for Your Social Enterprise December 2007 Primary Care toolkit from the London Network for Nurses and Midwives November 2007 Telemed 07 Supporting Self Care November 26th - 27th London Queen Mary's Sidcup goes live with Cerner Work as a School Nurse or with Children? 11 - 17 year olds willing to give their opinion about electronic health records sought by RCN for new survey Telemed 07 Supporting Self Care November 26th - 27th London Work in Primary Care? RCN Study Day in London Oct 27th Six London trusts get RiO for mental health September 2007 Delays in emergency service radios 'cause for concern' August 2007 Barnet and Chase Farm switch on Cerner St Mary’s Hospital pioneers world’s first robotic arm to navigate heart for common cardiac procedure New Health Inequalities Strategy for London New sites chosen for computerised CBT iPlato deploy SMS to Hammersmith and Fulham PCT July 2007 BT Health MD: we need some acutes under our belt Moorfields goes live with locally developed EPR CFH - Whats happening in your area First EPS release two trusts announced North London trusts link sites with fast network UCL Blends Expertise to Re-Launch MSc Health Informatics June 2007 FREE EVENT 3rd July Oxford: Faculty of Health Informatics Masterclass - Ten Ways to Succeed in Major Health Informatics Projects Homerton switches to speech recognition in radiology Wycombe's health moves up the agenda May 2007 Award for Oxford's electronic blood tracking BT 'de-couples' London Cerner development from South BT to create London PACS archive by September April 2007 Rio rolls out in West London trust Moorfields Rolls Out PAS Upgrade New wave of community hospitals and services See whats happening in Connecting for Health in your area ISeries of Study days at the Royal Marsden - 'Bridging the gap: from care to computer' - How Nursing Diagnosis can help you and your teams through the implementation of the Electronic Patient Record - Not to be missed! Free workshops - Turn analysis into action. Help make data make a difference. March 2007 The Centre for Health Informatics invites you to A Critical Lecture and Discussion Rebuilding Trust and Confidence in the NHS - Talking to the public - hard choices in the NHS on Wednesday 21st March 2007 February 2007 Day Of Action 3 March 2007 Rally at Friends Meeting House, Euston between 1.30 pm - 3.30 pm Antony Sumara Appointed as NHS London Turnaround Director January 2007 NMC Update January 2007: The NMC's Chief Executive, Sarah Thewlis, will be speaking about the future direction of nursing at the New Connaught Rooms in London on Tuesday 23 January 2007; Current on-line poll: Should student nurses and midwives be regulated? - add your vote! December 2006 Patients to Receive GP Appointment Reminders by SMS and 130,000 Ealing patients to receive health information by mobile phone Interested in e-records and confidentiality? See the Caldicott Guardian Manual The BMA have issued information and guidance for doctors and GPs threaten to block national patient database and Hackers make us scared to e-file, say GPs . The artricle Local sealed envelopes 'probably safer' contains a link toan interesting document on Sealed Envelopes Also see new Childrens Databases Report November 2006 LSPs fail 'acid test' on PAS deployments Compulsory cleaning keyboard battles MRSA Hounslow PCT launches remote access Work in Primary Care and fancy a FREE Workshop in Watford on October 19th or in Bloomsbury on 15th November? Interested in Competences? Skills for Health are holding an event in London on November 7th - for more information email richard.williams@skillsforhealth.org.uk FREE CFH Event in London on 14th November: Managing Change through Training Work in education? Read about the NHS-HE Forum CRDB are holding their FREE annual conference Your Care, Your Record on 23rd November in London. London Cluster - The NHS Care Records Service - How can London nurses and midwives be involved? FREE morning Workshop CSC takes charge of seven 'out of cluster' trusts Fingerprint recognition trialled in Lewisham PCT National Education, Training and Development (ETD) Special Interest Group Interview: Maeve Smith, Head of Principal Programmes and Platforms, Service Implementation Huge Cash Boost For Community Hospitals Troubled child health system to be replaced Ealing PCT adopts web-based reporting tool for clinical governance London supplier switch looks closer e-Learning Version of the Step Guide to Workforce Planning available free Work in Primary Care? See GP Systems of Choice (GPSoC) - June 2006 update and First meeting of GP Pan User Group /GP Pan User Group debates data migration ALSO are you interested in developing the HCA role in your surgery? See the HCA toolkit plus interesting European Conference Are you a nurse or a midwife? Changes to the PREP standard from July 1st Take part in the current RCN Survey - Your e-health depends on IT 'Open wide...' Why big business is being invited to run GP surgeries Free Health Informatics MasterClass July 13th London Cerner predicted to replace GE in London Enfield PCT back to paper after computer failure CEO appointments made to new SHA's - read about who's who in your new SHA Send your comments to The Information Centre which is responsible for reducing bureaucracy through effective coordination of collections, elimination of duplication, and delivering efficient and effective information sources to enable service delivery improvements for service users regardless of the point of delivery Keep up to date with CFH nurse matters on the Connecting with Nurses web page. 'Unworkable' NCRS user policy to be replaced City and Hackney PCT chooses iPlato Interested in what information should be collected in order to demonstrate cross agency health gain? See this latest DoH Consultation The deadline for responses is Monday May 5th. Sir Nigel Crisp steps down from DH NHS Faculty of Health Informatics Masterclass 11th April 2006 Venue: Regents College, Regents Park, London Time: 12.30pm – 4.30pm Interested in studying informatics in London? Visit the Health Informatics Open Evening - Centre for Health Informatics and Multiprofessional Education University College London Wednesday 10th May 2006 6:00 - 8:00 pm Interested in collaborative e-learning? Why not attend this Symposium: Sustaining Communities, Supporting Processes on 22-23 June at the The Møller Centre, University of Cambridge Work with children? See the Report 'Passing it on' - the Children's Rights Director's report on what children think about people who work with them passing on confidential information to each other. Free on 1 March 2006 at 6pm? See Healthcare Technologies Symposium "Healthcare on the Record" sponsored by: Centre for Health Informatics/City Livery Companies and UK Health Informatics Society Venue: City University, London Enfield PCT selects EMIS for super surgery and see Demographic service poses security risk, say senior GPs Interested in issues around care records, confidentiality, access etc for adults and children? See GPC says summary care record must be 'opt-in' and see Demographic service poses security risk, say senior GPs and GP calls for judicial review of NCRS consent and Personal Data for Public good Dr Foster, a commercial provider of healthcare information, and the NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre have formed a new public-private partnership with the aim of improving public access to information. EPS pilot to restart after early glitch The need for clinical standardisation in healthcare Sept 05: Live in London? Experience a live end-to-end patient journey using the NPfiT software designed for you. To follow the patient’s care journey, you walk through the various care settings aided by a tour guide while large screens display the tools in use. Book on line May 05: David Kwo resigns as London RID May 05: Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust in London has deployed a new system to eliminate spam across the organization's 5,500 email users. 2nd July 2004 : eHealth Insider Reports: 2nd July 2004 : NPfiT More Choice & Control over Your Healthcare: 2nd July 2004 : Choose and Book is a national service 10th June 2004 : Prepare yourself and your clients for the MyHealthSpace access method of the future! 31st March 2004: Are you looking for help with finding a home in London? Over 1,000 new NHS IT systems deployed Interested in Genetics? You can help with a project aiming to create a web based education resource for the nursing professions Dorchester, 23rd September 2004 See More Information 18th August 2004: NHS Pension Scheme Review - information for RCN members See http://www.rcn.org.uk/aboutus/policy/nhspensionsreview.php 12th August 2004: BTCV Green Gym offers people an alternative - the opportunity to improve their fitness by involvement in practical conservation activities such as planting hedges, creating and maintaining community gardens, or improving footpaths. See regional map at http://www.btcv.org/greengym/regions/map.html 12th August 2004: Health Check - On the State of the Public Health in England Regional Public Health Information see report just published at http://www.publications.doh.gov.uk/cmo/annualreport2003/ 3rd August 2004 : US Center for Disease Control & Prevention - Kid's Pages Interesting approaches - Including Infectious Diseases Trading Cards! See http://www.cdc.gov/global/kids.htm 3rd August 2004 : Agenda for Change Information See following sites: CPHVA: http://www.amicushealth.org/archives/cat_agenda_for_change.html DoH: http://www.dh.gov.uk/PolicyAndGuidance/HumanResourcesAndTraining/ModernisingPay/AgendaForChange/AgendaForChangeArticle/fs/en?CONTENT_ID=4051431&chk=9ztoTp RCM: http://www.rcm.org.uk/data/membership/data/jobs_agenda_change.htm RCN: http://www.rcn.org.uk/agendaforchange/ Unison: http://www.unison.org.uk/healthcare/a4c/index.asp 3rd August 2004 : Read the latest progress update from the National Programme for IT See: http://www.npfit.nhs.uk/news.asp 10th June 2004 : National Programme for IT (England) web-page: See latest Update on NPfit at http://www.dh.gov.uk/PolicyAndGuidance/ InformationTechnology/ 10th June 2004: NMC Consultation on Regulation of HCA's in England & Wales No closing date noted. See http://www.nmc-uk.org/nmc/main/consultation/ $consultationsMain |