Qualified clinical coders are vital to ensure clinical information and funding flows around the system correctly. But a national shortage of coders is having wide-ranging consequences, argues Marc Farr, chair of the Chief Data…
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Digital Health Unplugged covers all things health technology and NHS IT. Hosted by Digital Health’s news reporter Jordan Sollof, the podcast delves into key issues and news stories in the sector. It also…
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One year after the launch of NHS England’s federated data platform (FDP) many of the initial concerns about its adoption have proven unfounded, argues Matthew Taylor, chief executive of NHS Confederation.
A year is a…
Hospital trusts using the NHS federated data platform (FDP) have each treated on average 114 more inpatients in theatres every month since introducing the tool, according to NHS England.
Data published on 22 November 2024…
As executive digital lead and chief digital information officer (CDIO) of a trust known as the ‘digital desert’, Ed Prosser-Snelling has had a challenge on his hands.
Since the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS…
As of September 2024, more than half of acute trusts, 75 in total, have signed up to the NHS federated data platform (FDP), surpassing the initial target of 71 trusts by the end of…
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NHS England has been informed by lawyers that key aspects of its federated data platform (FDP) lack a legal basis, meaning that unless it can find a solution, citizens must be allowed to opt…
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NHS England has written to trusts informing them that they must begin using the national Federated Data Platform (FDP) and its analytic products within two years.
Dame Emily Lawson, NHS England’s chief operating officer (COO),…
Adoption of the federated data platform (FDP) is “progressing at pace”, according to an announcement from NHS England.
It follows criticism from health secretary Wes Streeting, in June 2024, about the “glacial” pace of adoption…
The junior ministers responsible for digital, data and MedTech within the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) have been announced.
Appointments were made by Wes Streeting, Labour MP for Ilford North, who became health…
