@frankwoodunite @BenClover It should be inclusive, but I'm guessing not always easy & part of what to think about when working with suppliers.

Blood transfusions and other key patient services at several London hospitals have been impacted by a cyber attack on a pathology provider. @GSTTnhs CEO Ian Abbs has told staff it's a "major IT incident". Scoop from @BenClover.

General election to be held one day before the NHS turns 76. Time for health service chiefs to come up with some birthday present ideas...

CIO of a hospital told her board she'd written to @NHSEngland about funding for a new EPR... ..only for the trust to then deny this happened despite it being said at a meeting in public. Bizarre from @UHNM_NHS. Anyone else aware of this "guidance"?

RT @HSJAnnabelle: This week - tough times for Manchester ICS as they try and recover from a major financial meltdown without a substantive…

RT @HMAnderson39: Shocking figure from today's Public Accounts Committee report - the health department spent £1.1bn on maternity clinical…

Matt Hancock in 2019: "Building will begin on six new hospitals immediately and finish by 2024-25, as reported in Sunday Times": 2 of the 6 hospitals this month: "Building has not yet started and we now expect opening around 2031-32".

RT @GaryMcAllister: Everytime I hear that organisations are using RPA my stomach turns. RPA is high risk, low reward long-term and should…

Cornwall's health chiefs at @ciosicb warn the ICS could be relegated into the bottom tier of the NHS oversight framework amid problems with emergency and elective care performance. That would mean more national scrutiny & less control locally over budgets and decisions.

@GaryMcAllister @NHSEngland @IHEUK Hi Gary, can you provide any more details for those of us unable to be at the conference to hear what you're announcing?

The sad reality of a 30% cut in running costs - @ciosicb procures solicitors to help affected staff after launching a voluntary redundancy programme.

If only someone had commissioned some work to look at how many regulators there are and whether the system should be simplified..... .....oh wait.....

Four months after contract award, @NHSEngland has published an unredacted version of its contract with @PalantirTech. @jtalora has been through it with a fine-tooth comb so you don't have to - and here is his summary:

A dozen NHS trusts are changing their maternity EPR supplier, amid a national alert about risks with the system - reports @jtalora. No reported harm to patients yet, but clearly hospitals are taking the issue seriously.

RT @jtalora: New: KPMG have been awarded an £8.5m contract by NHS England to "promote adoption" of the £330m federated data platform https…

Much-needed.

RT @mattdiscombe: BREAKING: A&E four hours performance was 74.2% in March - missing NHSE's 76% target

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Digitising the Child Red Book (as announced by @wesstreeting) was government policy way back in 2014. Matt Hancock re-committed to it in the NHS Long Term Plan (2019), with a target of April 2023. Easier said than done.