Archived North West News: 2004 - 2008

September 2008
See the new eHealth Nurses Network Survey Feature! This is a new addition (this month we're looking at e-records) - we will be feeding back results on these pages - plus we'd like to hear what you think are the key eHealth elements in need of investigation from your viewpoint. Please take part and help us trial this feature

South Manchester selects Imprivata for SSO

Wirral PCT faces local data privacy backlash

Liverpool Women’s Hospital delivers to midwives

Live in Bolton? Take part in the Connected Care questionnaires

August 2008
Liverpool iPM glitch overbooks some clinics

July 2008
'Swindells' Health informatics review is published and NHS trusts are to get support, and in some cases may get national funding, to select and install “interim” systems as a result of the NHS Informatics Review.

Darzi releases Final Report: High quality care for all

June 2008
Lorenzo likely to be further delayed

NHS says Lorenzo won’t be complete until 2016

North West Darzi review published

May 2008
Our NHS, Our Future (England) LATEST:Video of highlights ; Leading Local Change published 8th May - North West SHA Local Plan due 20th May

Blackpool deploys new patient journey system

April 2008
This month's NMC/Regulatory Body Update;The new Code is available now to read and download

Bolton meet integration needs with InterSystems

March 2008
Osteoporosis detectable with dental software

NHS Direct to open doors

NMC Education Road Show 2nd May Manchester

February 2008
System C goes live in Isle of Man hospitals

PAS upgrade problems reported in North West

GP's video encourages patients to access records

New Chief Executive for Alder Hey

Robots to dispense medicines

'Scrap NHS database plan'

January 2008
Winter sickness hits Lancashire hospitals

There'scurrently a very important opportunity to have your say on the Lord Darzi review Our NHS, Our Future - open until 15th February - please take part NOW!

NHS to share patient information, despite public data loss fears

December 2007
Wythenshawe uses barcodes to access records

Patch changes for RCN North West region

New online collaboration tool for NHS staff

November 2007
Lorenzo delivery plans now stretch past 2010

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust in North-west England has deployed a new clinical workstation system

Summary Care Record launched in Bolton

Interested in Commissioning? See the North west Commissioning Roadmap

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

October 2007
Work in sexual health? See what's going on at the Marketplace in Leeds

Central Manchester upgrade cancer care system

Mid Cheshire switch to Ascribe e-prescribing

Patients caught up in waiting lists fight

THE Countess of Chester Hospital has reached the final of the BT e-Health Insider Awards after successfully implementing a range of technological innovations.

Data centre failure left practices without SystmOne

THE North West Ambulance Service is committed to "taking healthcare to patients and patients to healthcare", according to trust chairman, Mary Whyham.

September 2007
Plans are unveiled to build UK's first healthcare village

August 2007
Stockport practice pioneers on line asthma care

Greater Manchester extends ECG telemedicine service

Community Network for St Helens and Knowsley

July 2007
Drive to find new GPs

Remote storage secures data despite floods

First EPS release two trusts announced

June 2007
CSC says iSoft deal not in 'best interests' of NPfIT

Five trusts adopt 'scan and track' for surgical instruments

Work in Education? FREE Workshop Improving the Recruitment of People of South Asian Background into Nursing on July 12th in Bradford

May 2007
Ex-chief of trust has new position

Duplicate records created after Manchester iPM upgrade

Liquidlogic deploys e-SAP in Middlesbrough

Mersey rolls out blood tracking system

April 2007
Lord Hunt & Richard Granger to headline ASSIST/NHS Connecting for Health Annual Conference - Leeds May 22nd - Book Now

New wave of community hospitals and services

See whats happening in Connecting for Health in your area

Free workshops - Turn analysis into action. Help make data make a difference.

March 2007
Free! NHS Faculty of Health Informatics: Masterclass - Leadership Skills to Deliver 21st Century IT (NEWCASTLE) 30th March

Progressive NHS Trusts sign Community of Interest Network Contracts

Nursing Lecturer wins A&E Research Honour February 2007
NMC Update! NEW Draft NMC Code out for Consultation Be SURE and have your say!

January 2007

Telecare deal for 500 packages in Cumbria

Two healthcare workers and a volunteer have been recognised in the Queen's New Year's honours list.

Salford Council adopt new loan management software

European Award in Best Practice in Data Protection

Bury PCT starts using GP2GP to transfer records

ASSIST / NHS CFH Annual Conference 'No-one said it was going to be easy' will be held at Leeds Town Hall on Tuesday 22^nd May 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

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

NHS IT project aims for 120 major installs by April

Health Informatics Collection Launched

Nurses to test Prescribing IT in Manchester

CSC wins £1.9bn contract for North-east and Eastern

Work in Primary Care and fancy a FREE Workshop in Liverpool on 12th October? See General Practice Nursing - Inspiring Primary CareNurses to test Prescribing IT in Manchester

CSC wins £1.9bn contract for North-east and Eastern

National Education, Training and Development (ETD) Special Interest Group

Sheffield abandons iSoft iPM implementation

Interview: Maeve Smith, Head of Principal Programmes and Platforms, Service Implementation

UKChip Presidents Report 2006

Trusts urged to move faster with e-prescribing

Huge Cash Boost For Community Hospitals

Wirral GPs praised for united drug care

Wirral rolls out electronic ordering to GPs

Rochdale PCT staff receive good practice awards

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

New Manchester University Course Could Benefit e-Health

New PAS system goes live in Morecambe Bay

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

MSc in Health Informatics at Sheffield - Applications accepted up until the end of August 2006

Keep up to date with CFH nurse matters on the Connecting with Nurses web page.

Cumbria and Lancashire Strategic Health Authority are working with Broomwell HealthWatch, to remotely monitor the vital signs of patients and provide a direct and rapid test results service.

Interested in accreditation of Work Based Learning? Cumbria and Lancashire SHA are looking for participants from both the clinical and non-clinical workforce to test their new 'Using Learning Effectively' tool. For a small number of participants (20) they can offer a small incentive (£25) to encourage the use of the tool.

'Unworkable' NCRS user policy to be replaced

nterested 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

Improving diabetes care in Salford

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.

Manchester hospitals link up with 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.

A computer test that nurses and all AHPs should have access to?

A new version of predictive risk software to help identify patients most at risk of emergency hospital admissions has been released

The need for clinical standardisation in healthcare

Creating Tomorrow Whilst Managing Today: Transitional Arrangements In The NHS and Department of Health

The National Workforce Group has produced a best practice strategic framework to promote the adoption and deployment of e-learning within the NHS

May 05: NWWM faces £75m potential liabilities on SAS scheme

2nd July 2004 : NPfiT launches WEB SITE
See: http://www.npfit.nhs.uk/

2nd July 2004 : eHealth Insider Reports:
The National Programme for IT has unveiled a new website, featuring a host of detailed information about the programme and its implementation - but the "Your Say" section, where a public discussion forum had been planned, was removed shortly after it appeared. See
http://www.e-health-insider.com/news/item.cfm?ID=785

2nd July 2004 : NPfiT More Choice & Control over Your Healthcare:
is at the very heart of the Government's vision for the National Health Service (NHS) in England. It will mean major changes for the NHS and bring benefits both to you and to those who work in the NHS. This leaflet describes the changes and the benefits that computers and information technology will create through the work of the National Programme for IT. See: http://www.npfit.nhs.uk/docs/patient_leaflet_final.pdf

2nd July 2004 : Choose and Book is a national service
that will, for the first time, combine electronic booking and a choice of time, date and place for first outpatient appointment. By the end of 2005 it will be available to all patients in England requiring elective care (over 10 million each year). See: http://www.chooseandbook.nhs.uk/default.asp

10th June 2004 : Prepare yourself and your clients for the MyHealthSpace access method of the future!
HealthSpace is a secure place on the internet where you can store all your personal health information. (NB HealthSpace is an online service provided by the NHS in England. It is provided for the sole use of people living in England. It is for use by persons over the age of 18 only).
See: https://www.healthspace.nhs.uk/

10th June 2004 : National Programme for IT (England) web-page:
See latest Update on NPfit at
http://www.dh.gov.uk/PolicyAndGuidance/InformationTechnology/

14th May 2004 : The pharmacy department at University Hospital Aintree, Liverpool has won the 2004 First DataBank Guild of Healthcare Pharmacist Information Technology Award
for its effective electronic transfer of discharge prescriptions pilot.
See : http://www.e-health-insider.com/news/item.cfm?ID=731

1st April 2004 : NMC: Understanding the Code Seminars:
regularly held in your Region - Keep checking what's going on and note the dates in your diary! See
http://www.nmc-uk.org/nmc/main/events/$professionalAdviceSeminars

30th March 2004 : The National Programme for IT (NPfIT) who's won what in our area??
See: http://www.top-consultant.com/uk/career/appointmentstwo.asp?ID=4335

READ CODES: North Mersey Read Code Tutoring Community Home Page
The Read Code Tutoring community is for sharing the latest information on read codes, providing updates on other coding issues in primary care. Bring your read code problems, ideas and views here!
http://www.northmerseylis.nhs.uk

HEROINE: Health Electronic Resources Online In Northern England
http://www.nyrlas.nhs.uk/heroine.htm

Did you know there is a North West Tele-nurse Forum?
Contact us for details

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