Department of Health national 18 weeks director Nick Chapman has written to trusts about two new collections of audiology services data that will be introduced in 2008-09.
The aim of the new collections is to improve audiology services and reduce waiting times for hearing aid fittings.
To read the letter, click here
Providers and commissioners are coming forward to work together more strategically to deliver better outcomes for their local populations, say Dr Gordon Macmillan and Dr Chirag Bakhai
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There needs to be a national strategy to make sure that the value of data is optimised primarily for the benefit of patients, but also for the NHS and the private sector. By Eleonora Harwich
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