2 November 2005

International standards organisation for SNOMED proposed

SNOMED International, an arm of The College of American Pathologists (CAP) and NHS Connecting for Health, the agency in charge
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2 November 2005

GPs cautioned on taking part in PBC

GP representatives are advising GPs not to take part in practice based commissioning if they feel that funding for the
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2 November 2005

Moorfields Eye Hospital goes for virtual storage

 Moorfields Eye Hospital in London have installed a virtual storage server that allows them to add extra hardware and storage
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1 November 2005

Adapt or perish

Barbara Stuttle, NHS Connecting for Heath's community nursing lead, speaks to EHI Primary Care about the urgent need for the
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1 November 2005

Community nurses to start e-prescribing pilot in 2006

Community nurses are to take part in NHS Connecting for Health pilots of electronic nurse prescribing early next year. Barbara
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1 November 2005

Choose and Book ‘will be a year late’

The flagship Choose and Book electronic booking application will be at least a year late by the time it is
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1 November 2005

Positive results for internet-based depression therapy

Internet-delivered cognitive-behavioural therapy can produce positive results for the treatment of mild to moderate depression, a study from Sweden indicates
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1 November 2005

Primary care IT plans put forward in NI

 Primary care in Northern Ireland is set for an overhaul in IT, according to a 20-year plan released by the
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31 October 2005

Choose and Book referrals top 20,000

GP referrals made under Choose and Book have topped the 20,000 mark on a curve that is “rising but delayed”,
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31 October 2005

Scotland opts for national electronic health records

The Scottish Executive has announced that they are to follow the recommendations of the Kerr Report and implement a national system
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