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£1bn invested in NHS IT
The government and NHS will be investing £1bn in technology to improve patient care and ease pressure on A&E departments.
It is hoped the money will help deliver the Government’s commitment to allow everyone to book GP appointments and order repeat prescriptions online by March 2015, as well as give anyone who wants it online access to their GP record. One of the key things the money will be spent on will be systems that allow hospitals, GP surgeries and out-of-hours doctors to share access to patients’ electronic records. Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said: “The public are rightly sceptical about NHS IT after the disastrous waste that happened in the past. But we can’t let their failure hold patients back from seeing the benefits of the technology revolution that is transforming daily lives.
“It is deeply frustrating to hear stories of elderly dementia patients turning up at A&E with no one able to access their medical history, and for their sakes as well as all NHS users we need to put this right.
“That’s why I’ve set the NHS the challenge of going paperless by 2018. But rather than imposing a clunky one-size-fits-all approach from Whitehall, this fund will empower local clinicians and health services to come together and find innovative solutions for their patients. Technology is key to helping our A&E staff meet the massive demand they face as the population increases and ages.”
CQC appoints chief inspector of general practice
Professor Steve Field has been appointed as the first chief inspector of general practice for the CQC. The role will involve leading CQC’s inspection and regulation of providers of primary care services across the public, private and independent sectors. As more care is provided to people outside hospital, the chief inspector has a particularly important role in ensuring those services are safe, effective and responsive to people’s needs. Commenting on his appointment, Professor Field said: “I am thrilled at being appointed the first chief inspector of general practice in England. I see this as an opportunity to highlight what’s good in general practice and to shine a light on what isn’t. I have had a long-standing commitment to address health inequalities and this role will enable me to ensure that primary medical services put this important issue high on their agendas.”
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