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BBC News
03-07-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Further delays to Guernsey's patient record system
The launch of part of Guernsey's new electronic patient record system has been and Social Care (HSC) said the first phase of the system, which stores people's medical records and other information, had been due to go live in four out of the six areas planned for the first phase needed "further work", meaning it was only able to launch two areas on time - Child Health and Children's said the rollout was "inherently complex" and relied on third-party suppliers, so it had delayed the work to reduce "clinical risk". The new system was already delayed by nearly a year from its planned launch in October previously said the system's rollout was £5m over budget, which it attributed to there being more work than four areas being delayed are: AcuteAdult CommunityAdult Disability ServicesMental HealthA HSC spokesperson said one reason for the delay was to make sure the system worked correctly with its new radiology said they would confirm how long the delay would be once it had completed planning with third party committee said the additional work included making sure "interface work" required to upgrade radiology systems was "sequenced appropriately" to reduce clinical risk. "Careful management of the timing and interdependencies of these rollouts are critical to ensure that clinical risk is minimised and the upgrades of all the systems are effective which ultimately has a positive impact on patient pathways," the spokesperson said.
Bloomberg
30-05-2025
- General
- Bloomberg
CDC Shifts Child Covid Vaccination Guidance After RFK Jr. Post
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its childhood vaccination schedule to say that healthy children 'may receive' Covid shots — softened from its previous stance calling for them — after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said it would no longer be recommended. When a parent wants 'their child to be vaccinated, children 6 months and older may receive Covid-19 vaccination, informed by the clinical judgment of a health-care provider,' the CDC website now says. It had previously recommended that everyone aged six months and older get vaccinated.
