NHS delivers ambitious IT project - believed to be the biggest of its kind
17 February 2016: An NHS IT project has successfully completed the final phase of its plan to move the entire technological backbone of the NHS from a private company to in-house, public sector management. (Source: The IC : Health Survey)
Source: The IC : Health Survey - February 17, 2016 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
ePrescribing: Enabling Change for Effective Implementation
On 26 April 2016, an event specifically aimed at those involved in the implementation of Lorenzo's IPPMA, is being held to provide healthcare providers (Source: The IC : Health Survey)
Source: The IC : Health Survey - February 16, 2016 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Safeguarding Adults: new online comparison tool
15 February 2016: A new online tool has been published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) to make it easier to understand safeguarding statistics at council level. (Source: The IC : Health Survey)
Source: The IC : Health Survey - February 15, 2016 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
National Audit of Pulmonary Hypertension 2015: number of new referrals increase by a fifth
12 February 2016: The number of new referrals for patients with pulmonary hypertension(2) has increased by just over a fifth (21 per cent) over the last five years, according to a national audit published today by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC). The number of new referrals has risen from 1,789 in 2010 to 2,169 in 2015. (Source: The IC : Health Survey)
Source: The IC : Health Survey - February 12, 2016 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Adult social services: number of adult social care staff employed by councils shrinks by a quarter since 2011
10 February 2016: The total number of council-based adult social services staff2 has decreased by 25 per cent over the last five years, according to new figures published today by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC). (Source: The IC : Health Survey)
Source: The IC : Health Survey - February 10, 2016 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Kingsley Manning to step down as HSCIC chair
5 February 2016: In May Kingsley Manning will be stepping down as Chair of the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC). (Source: The IC : Health Survey)
Source: The IC : Health Survey - February 5, 2016 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
New report sheds light on A & E attendances in England
28 January 2016: New analysis of more than 19 million Accident and Emergency (A&E) attendances (2) in England has been published today by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC). (Source: The IC : Health Survey)
Source: The IC : Health Survey - January 28, 2016 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Three quarters of diabetes patients now meeting blood pressure targets
28 January, 2016: National Diabetes Audit also highlights wide regional variation in care and treatment (Source: The IC : Health Survey)
Source: The IC : Health Survey - January 28, 2016 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
New dementia report: Alzheimer's drugs prescriptions six times higher than a decade ago
19 January, 2016: The number of prescriptions dispensed in England for approved medicines (2) to treat Alzheimer's increased from 502,000 (3) in 2004 to 3.0 million in 2014. The cost to the NHS of prescriptions (4) for Alzheimer's disease medicines dispensed in primary care stood at £45.7m in 2014. This was up from £42.8m in 2004, but down from the high point it reached in 2011 of £110.8m (5). (Source: The IC : Health Survey)
Source: The IC : Health Survey - January 19, 2016 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
A quarter of adults diagnosed with a mental illness in their lifetime
· New results from major national survey looks for the first time at mental health experiences of over 5,000 adults (Source: The IC : Health Survey)
Source: The IC : Health Survey - January 15, 2016 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
One in four affluent adults drink above 'lower risk' levels
· 10,000 adults and children surveyed in England to look at health of the nation (Source: The IC : Health Survey)
Source: The IC : Health Survey - December 16, 2015 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Learning Disability Census 2015: almost half of inpatients with learning disabilities common to each census since 2013
15 December 2015: Just over a quarter of inpatients involved in one or more adverse experience and restrictive measure. (Source: The IC : Health Survey)
Source: The IC : Health Survey - December 15, 2015 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Girls are twice as likely as boys to experience cyber-bullying
08 December, 2015: Findings reported in new survey of 120,000 15-year olds, alongside information about body image, wellbeing and diet (Source: The IC : Health Survey)
Source: The IC : Health Survey - December 8, 2015 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
