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Volunteers needed for NHS Office UI testing

Volunteer health professionals are needed by Microsoft and the National Programme for IT to provide user feedback on the development
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NHSU folds in arm’s length review

The NHSU which was hailed as the NHS’s corporate university and promised innovative learning from a virtual campus is to fold.
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IT staff must adapt to outsourcing, say BCS

The British Computer Society (BCS) has published a report broadly welcoming the trend to outsource staff abroad, saying that the
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Speak for yourself

New developments in speech recognition technology could make it a useful tool for clinicians, says Marcel Wassink of Philips.
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Granger: “Fewer than 100” referrals made on ebooking

Richard Granger, Director General of the National Programme for IT, has said that the national programme remains on schedule to
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Regional healthcare innovation agency begins work

The East of England Development Agency (EEDA) has made the final appointments to their new healthcare innovation agency, Health Enterprise
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CRDB conference stokes debate on patient awareness

E-Health Insider reports on the Care Records Development Board’s first conference, in London, which aimed to address the tough questions
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Internet telephones installed in hospital trusts

Two hospital trusts in London and Birmingham have had Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone systems installed across their sites
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GPC says key questions unresolved on Choose and Book

The General Practitioner Committee (GPC) of the British Medical Association has written to GPs advising them that it has serious
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Agenda for Change draft job profiles published

Job profiles for NHS health informatics staff, drawn up to meet the requirements of the national Agenda for Change pay structure,
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