Archived News: October 2009
NMC/Regulatory
Update; Urgent:
return your re-registration documents immediately ; Swine
Flu Pandemic NMC Position Statement ; Health
Hotel 2009: Patient safety, an election priority? ;
New
GMC Confidentiality Guidance for Doctors
HPC Update: HPC
launch new student resources ; October
Newsletter
Live in Wales? GP
suppliers to deliver IHR to Wales - read more on your own
eNWI page
Live in Scotland? NHS24
absorbs Scottish telehealth body See more Scottish
news on your own Scotland
Page
Live in Northern Ireland? Orion
wins Northern Ireland ECR deal See this
and more news on your own Northern Ireland
page
Live in England?
New
Access to PDS Guidance - read more news below or
look on your own area page
Don't miss the Newsfeed for even
more up to date news which is constantly fed in!
Publications and web sites of interest this month: TIGER
competences updated; Have you taken part in the Big
Care Debate?Unite
calls for better IT training; Readers
back reformed NPfIT ; Somerset
cancer register goes national ; When
doctors network change can happen fast ; Integrated Care Pilots: Introductory
Guide plus see Integrating
Care and Transforming Community Services: What Works? Where Next?;
DH
endorses first video game
CKS Updates this month: · Angina
- stable; Candida
- oral; Diarrhoea
- antibiotic associated ; Diarrhoea
- prevention and advice for travellers ; Gastroenteritis;
Gonorrhoea
(new); Urethritis
- male
Conferences etc; E-Health
Insider Live '09- ICC, Birmingham 9-10 November ; RCN
Accredited Healthcare Events
e-records this month:
Information Governance: PDS
access requires 'business reason' ; Jail
threat for misuse of personal data ; NHS
Number limitations confirmed ;
GP2GP can reveal hidden data ; ContactPoint
roll out confirmed ; NIGB
launches social care guarantee ; Private
medical records offered for sale
Personal Health records: Survey
gives boost to HealthSpace ; New
hope for HealthSpace ; A
tweet way to track disease
England: Lorenzo
R1.9 to debut at EHI event ; Community
hospital first for TPP ; Cheshire
trusts send e-discharge letters ; Vision
3 secures SCR roll out approval
Wales: GP
suppliers to deliver IHR to Wales ; Have you seen the IHC Individual
Health Record web Site?
Northern Ireland: Orion
wins Northern Ireland ECR deal
'Metrics, Quality, Measurement and Monitoring' etc this month:Consultation
- Prioritisation
for quality improvement: national quality board stakeholder engagement
(ends Nov 10); GP
ratings site criticised by rival ; CQC
warns on registration ;
Health
check improvements mask decline in acute trust performance ; Mental
health chiefs to confront CQC on survey ; CQC
calls for review of out of hours GP services ; GP
contract: 'clunky deal holds back quality ; OOH
services; PCT's Contract and Performamce Management arrangements ;
DH
seeks views on replacement for QMAS
Are you a prescriber? Read the latest Drug
Safety Update on line
Work with children and Young People? ContactPoint
roll out confirmed ;
Work in the community? NHS
Funded Nursing Care revised
Interested in Health Promotion? New,
Free, and Easy to Access service for Healthcare Professionals looking
to save time when creating various healthcare campaigns.
Work in A&E or Ambulance Service? Windows
7 at South East Coast Ambulance Service
Work in telephone consultation/telehealth? NHS24
absorbs Scottish telehealth body ; NHS
Direct launches online mental health checker ; CQC
calls for review of out of hours GP services ; OOH
services; PCT's Contract and Performamce Management arrangements ;
Funding
squeeze halts innovative nurse-led service. Keep
an eye on the University
of Hull Telehealth Project
Work in primary/Urgent care? GPs
warned about fake DPA agencies ; GP
contract: 'clunky deal holds back quality ; Kings Fund
document: General
practice in England: an overview ; DH
seeks views on replacement for QMAS
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