All articles by Joe Talora – Page 5
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Expert BriefingThe Download: New figures reveal NHS’s virtual ward progress
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by correspondent Joe Talora. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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NewsTrust sent domestic abuse victim’s address to ex-partner, says regulator
A trust has been reprimanded by the Information Commissioner’s Office for exposing a domestic abuse victim to risk by disclosing their address to an ex-partner.
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News£38.5m deficit leaves trust needing ‘cash support to continue operations’
An ambulance trust is moving from forecasting breakeven at the end of 2023-24 to a £38.5m deficit, and declared it will need to be given extra cash ‘to support continuing operations’.
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News£480m data system ‘critical for NHS’s future’, says new NHSE transformation director
The controversial ‘federated data platform’ which NHS England is poised to purchase is ‘absolutely critical for the future of the NHS’, its new national director for transformation has said.
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NewsFormer NHS tech chief joins firm bidding for £480m NHS data contract
The former head of NHS digital policy has been appointed to the advisory board of a leading UK data technology company.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: ICS invests ‘millions’ in tech to manage waiting lists
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by correspondent Joe Talora. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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News‘Very tight’ controls on digital and consultancy spend revealed
A new crackdown on central spending on digital and consultancy has been introduced by NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care, HSJ has learned.
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NewsExperienced CEO joins ‘trust under great pressure’
A struggling South West trust has appointed a new chief executive officer on an interim basis amid on-going financial woes.
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NewsNHSE must ‘demonstrate integrity’ in procurement of £480m data platform
The National Data Guardian has called on NHS England to “demonstrate integrity” by providing greater transparency over the procurement process for the high-profile federated data platform.
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NewsCutting procurement ‘red tape’ will save £100m, says NHSE
NHS England has revealed plans to “cut red tape” in procurement by slashing the number of frameworks through which suppliers do business with the NHS.
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NewsUS firm gets green light for £1.2bn takeover of UK GP tech giant
American health giant UnitedHealth has provisionally been given the go-ahead to buy UK-based firm EMIS – the leading supplier of GP IT systems – by the Competition and Markets Authority in a deal worth £1.2bn.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Trust hails text messaging amid backlog pressure
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by correspondent Nick Carding. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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NewsDigitising all trusts by 2025 ‘unachievable’ after £700m cut, government admits
NHS England’s target for all trusts to have a working electronic patient record system by March 2025 is now ‘unachievable’ and a new date has been set a year later, government has admitted.
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NewsCEO named for new trust
A chief executive has been named for a new community and mental health trust in the south of England ahead of its planned formation next year.
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NewsRevealed: First ICS digital maturity ratings
HSJ can reveal the first ratings given to every integrated care system for the ‘digital maturity’ of its NHS providers.
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NewsTrust leaders using ‘aggressive tactics’ to ‘break’ strikes, BMA claims
The BMA has hit out at a trust after it emerged that striking junior doctors could ‘needlessly’ have eight days’ wages deducted from July’s pay, despite there being five days of strike action this month.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Virtual wards ‘passing some leaders by’
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by technology correspondent Joe Talora. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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News£35m contract to keep controversial ‘data platform’ safe advertised by NHSE
NHS England has launched a search for a provider whose role will be to protect data privacy and security on its controversial ‘federated data platform’.
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NewsNHS England names new national tech chief
NHS England has appointed a new chief information officer, who will oversee technical IT infrastructure and cyber security.
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NewsCEO issues plea for staff housing
The chief executive of a large hospital trust in the south west has made a rare intervention to call for more housing for hospital staff.