12 December 2007

NHS Direct launches foundation trust consultation

NHS Direct has launched a 16-week public consultation on its plans for the future, prior to applying to become an
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12 December 2007

Information Centre appoints new chief executive

The Information Centre (IC) for health and social care has appointed Tim Straughan, current acting chief executive, as its chief
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11 December 2007

The ECCA launches e-campaign

The European Cervical Cancer Association (ECCA) has launched its first ever e-campaign to call for effective cervical cancer prevention programmes
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11 December 2007

60 Second Interview: David Haycox

The latest 60 second interview features David Haycox, head of IM&T at the Mid Staffordshire General Hospitals NHS Trust.
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11 December 2007

CfH tells PCT it can’t mandate LSP solution

Connecting for Health has prevented a PCT from insisting that GP practices signed up to GP Systems of Choice (GPSoC)
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11 December 2007

DH offers guidance on GP patient survey

The Department of Health has issued guidance to GP practices on how its £10m survey on GP patient access and
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11 December 2007

Ex-CfH CTO’s firm earns £46.3m from NPfIT

An IT consultant who worked as Chief Technology Officer of NHS Connecting for Health for three years is also the
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11 December 2007

Helios Hospitals to connect doctors via EPR

Helios hospital group is launching a Germany-wide electronic patient record project to allow electronic communication with referring doctors in private practices.
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11 December 2007

Medway pilots business intelligence from McKesson

Senior staff at Medway NHS Trust are piloting McKesson’s Horizon Business Insight solution in order to extract performance information at
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11 December 2007

Personal care budgets proposed for elderly and disabled

Proposals to give elderly and disabled people personal budgets to commission their own care will go out to local consultation
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