Archived South West News: 2004 - 2008
November 2008
New
RCP Medical Record Keeping Standards web site
October 2008
Virtualisation
at Epsom and St Helier
Royal
Cornwall Hospitals trust hires management review team
SCR
consent model changes
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
Competition
begins to open up in the South
August 2008
BT
on track to get southern Cerner trusts but South
may split between CSC and BT
Fujitsu
exit costs Cerner £89m in lost bookings
University
students to train on Cerner
July 2008
Darzi releases Final Report: High
quality care for all
'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.
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.
Fujitsu
may lose southern NHS PACS deal
BT
in talks to take over Cerner trusts in south
Darzi releases Final Report: High
quality care for all
June 2008
Winchester
has four-day Millennium failure and Worthing
says Cerner's functionality 'inferior'
Royal
Berkshire 'may walk' from NHS IT programme
Fujitsu
exit may hinder trusts on 18-week waits and Primary
care following Fujitsu
AxSys
to provide Salisbury within interim clinicals
Records
of 38,000 Isle of Wight patients lost
Wiltshire
PCT deploys new e-referral system
May 2008
Our NHS, Our Future
(England) LATEST:Video
of highlights ; Leading
Local Change published 8th May - SEE South West SHA plan Improving
Health: Ambitions for the South West
Millennium
fails again across Southern England
DH
publishes Cornish 60-year health history
Nurse Prescriber? Association
for Nurse Prescribing Conference in Bristol in June
April 2008
This month's NMC/Regulatory Body Update;The
new Code is available now to read and download
Study
reveals savings using blood tracking
Stoke
Mandeville switches on Millennium
March 2008
Millennium remains a 'challenge' at Worthing
Games
therapy for burns victims
February 2008
Fujitsu integrate JAC pharmacy at Milton Keynes
Southern contract reset deadline up
January 2008
Taunton go-live with Cerner Millennium
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!
‘In the Dark’ is a one-day conference for anyone interested in improving the care given Out of Hours to patients at the End of Life in Devon. It will be held on Tuesday 5 February 2008 at Newton Abbot Racecourse.
December 2007
Award for Breast Canver Team at Salisbury Hospital
Interface issues delay Salisbury iPM deployment
Southampton City Primary Care Trust (PCT) is deploying a telemedical electrocardiogram (ECG) interpretation service to give expert cardiology reporting for patients in clinics
November 2007
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
October 2007
South edges towards a 'best of breed approach'
Stoke Mandeville taps into spinal software
Telemed 07 Supporting Self Care November 26th - 27th London
September 2007
New system supports care equipment service
August 2007
Contract 'reset' underway in the South
Fujitsu says 'full steam ahead' in South
July 2007
Work with children? Fujitsu picks McKesson for Child Health
First EPS release two trusts announced
CFH- Whats happening in your area?
UCL Blends Expertise to Re-Launch MSc Health InformaticsJune 2007
Trusts feel knock on effects of Millennium delays
Wycombe's health moves up the agenda
FREE EVENT 3rd July Oxford: Faculty of Health Informatics Masterclass - Ten Ways to Succeed in Major Health Informatics Projects
May 2007
Award for Oxford's electronic blood tracking
BT 'de-couples' London Cerner development from South
April 2007
What is e-health? One day online workshop Friday 4th May 2007 offered by the Faculty of Health and Social Work, University of Plymouth 9.30-4.15 £20 registration fee
New wave of community hospitals and services
Great FREE Opportunity! NHS Faculty of Health Informatics: Open Workshop - Shared Care Record BRISTOL 20th April
PACS roll-out milestone hit in London and the South
Series 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
Gloucestershire Hospitals get new software to deliver patient information faster
See whats happening in Connecting for Health in your area
February 2007
NMC Update! NEW Draft NMC Code out for Consultation Be SURE and have your say!
Day Of Action 3 March 2007 March and rally in Bristol starting at 12pm by Castle Park - march via Bristol Royal Infirmary to College Green. Rally also to be held by Trelliske Hospital , Truro in Cornwall . Rally in Barnstaple outside library from 12.30pm onwards. Other events in Bournemouth , Gloucester and Salisbury .
January 2007
Plymouth: Nuffield Hospitals begin rollout of direct Choose and Book
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
Cerner Computerised Physician Order Entry (CPOE) - Interesting articles
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
LSPs fail 'acid test' on PAS deployments
GP Engagement in CFH Taunton 9th November Free evening session - tell your GPs
Work in education? Read about the NHS-HE Forum
Nurses to test Prescribing IT in Devon
Buckinghamshire goes live with Cerner
CSC takes charge of seven 'out of cluster' trusts
National Education, Training and Development (ETD) Special Interest Group
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
Somerset Coast PCT achieves 87% C+B referrals with flexible system
Strong leadership from health move
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
Take part in the current RCN Survey - Your e-health depends on IT
Fujitsu plans next four go-lives in South by August
'Open wide...' Why big business is being invited to run GP surgeries
Are you a nurse or a midwife? Changes to the PREP standard from July 1st
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
Free Health Informatics MasterClass July 13th London
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
Implementation schedule slips in South
Successful Electronic Transfer of a Patient’s Medical Record at Second Pilot Site on Isle of Wight
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
Cerner confident of delivery in the South
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.
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
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
8th August 2004 : Cancer in Men Conference
Dorchester, 23rd September 2004 See
More Information
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 : Short Case Study Examples of Digital Recording in Primary Care in Dorset and Voice Recognition Software in Radiology in Norfolk & Norwich
What could be useful in your practice area? See:
http://www.voicescene.com/case.htm
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/
5th May 2004 : Great Opportunity To Get Involved in Developing Nursing Needs With NPfiT Cluster in Your Area!!
We have received a request for nominations to Southern / London Cluster Joint Process Expert Groups (JPEGs). The priority groups/areas currently are:
- Care management: (PAS, ADT, TCIs, management reporting, etc)
- Order comms and scheduling
- Clinical documentation and correspondence - (includes assessments)
- Mental Health/ CPA
- Older people /SAP
- Childrens Services
- Primary Care
- A&E
- Theatres
- Maternity
If you would like an general overview of the NPfiT see this very useful Southern Cluster Document:
A Brief Vision of the Future with NPfiT for NHS Staff
If your specialty is in any of the above areas and you would like your name to go forward please let us know
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??
http://www.top-consultant.com/uk/career/appointmentstwo.asp?ID=4335
South awarded to Fujitsu: 26 Jan 2004:
The Fujitsu Alliance has been awarded the final Local Service Provider (LSP) contract for the South of England to deliver the NHS Care Records Service (NHS CRS) under the National Programme for IT (NPfIT)in England. The Southern region is the largest in England covering almost one quarter of England's population and a geographical area from Dover to Land's End and the Isle of Wight to Milton Keynes.
http://www.e-health-insider.com/news/item.cfm?ID=632
Up to date with NPfiT and the IT Strategy in England?
Visit www.doh.gov.uk/ipu/
NEW! Teenage Health Information web site built by South West London & St Georges Mental Health trust in partnership with Richmond and Kingston Drug & alcohol Action Teams in Surrey. Advice also for parents. Visit: http://www.sorted4.info/
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