QoF scores likely to continue to rise

Practices will have achieved even higher scores from the Quality and Outcomes Framework in the last 12 months than in
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GPC concerned over local C+B implementation problems

Local implementation problems could cause practices to miss the next targets for Choose and Book but GPs should not lose
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Meet the suppliers: Healthy Software

E-Health Insider meets one GP system supplier which has adapted to the National Programme for IT by reinventing itself.
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Bedford claims savings using rostering software

Bedford Hospitals NHS Trust has predicted it could save up to £500,000 after replacing its paper-based staff rostering system for
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CfH may hand money back to Treasury

While many NHS trusts are thought to be struggling to achieve financial balance, NHS Connecting for Health, the Department of
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Students trial Mentor as teaching aid

Pharmacy students at Liverpool’s John Moores University (JMU) will be the first in the country to use the Mentor decision
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Free online therapy for Trafford residents

Trafford PCT, in collaboration with the local metropolitan council, is to start offering free online cognitive behaviour therapy to all
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US health IT head resigns

David Brailer, the US National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has resigned his position. Brailer who took up the post
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CfH says it has ‘no objection’ to a review

Connecting for Health has agreed with its academic critics that "a constructive and pragmatic" independent review of the National Programme
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Ambulance trusts join map data sharing deal

Ambulance trusts in England will now have the opportunity to share geographical data with other trusts as part of a
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