Some NPfIT Specifications and Policies
From Nhs It Info
Output Based Specification (OBS) for Integrated Care Records Service (ICRS) (2002): "This document provides an introduction to the ICRS OBS. This OBS is being provided to longlisted bidders for the provision of ICRS solutions and certain other services as part of the procurements being undertaken by the NPFIT."
OBS2 For Integrated Care Records Service (ICRS) V2 PT1 (2003)
(The above are the two public technical specifications that could be located for this service.)
The Clinical Development of the NHS Care Record Service (Version for Feedback) CfH (July 2005): "This report . . . sets out how the vision for a patient care record, compatible with the commissioned architecture and the NHS Care Record Guarantee, can be achieved. It describes an incremental approach that will build public and professional confidence, establish working practices and allow for the effective evolution of the whole NHS Care Record Service."
The Care Record Guarantee - "Our Guarantee for NHS Care Records in England" (May 2006)
Information governance in the Department of Health and the NHS "I define ‘information governance’ as: “the structures, policies and practice of the DH, the NHS and its suppliers to ensure the confidentiality and security of all records, and especially patient records, and to enable the ethical use of them for the benefit of individual patients and the public good”. Effective information governance is necessary to be sure that the new opportunities that the National Programme for IT promises will be effectively and safely realised and so that public confidence in the electronic NHS is secured. Whilst my review focuses on the areas specified in my remit, I undertook it with recognition of the wider context of information governance which includes both the Office of the Information Commissioner and other government departments and organisations. . . Although I am clear that the present arrangements will need to be improved to support an electronic NHS, I found no committee, group or individual not doing their best in the circumstances within which they were working. None of my comments or recommendations should be taken as criticism of individuals." [Harry Clayton, National Director for Patients and the Public; Chair, Care Record Development Board (2006)]
