24 June 2010

GPs confident their data is fit to share

Four out of five GPs believe the quality of their practice data is fit for sharing, according to a survey
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23 June 2010

Bradford wants EPS R2 from September

NHS Bradford and Airedale has announced plans to roll-out Release 2 of the Electronic Prescription Service in four waves. The
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22 June 2010

ContactPoint to be replaced

The children’s database ContactPoint is to continue to operate in a scaled down version while the government decides what should
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21 June 2010

NHS ordered to halve management costs

Health secretary Andrew Lansley has scrapped some key NHS performance targets and told the health service it must save at
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21 June 2010

SCR uploads to continue during review

Summary Care Records will continue to be created and uploaded to the Spine while the programme is under review but
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18 June 2010

iPlato supports Birmingham health checks

GP practices in Birmingham have used text messaging to invite patients for vascular screening checks, generating a 44% response rate
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17 June 2010

SCR evaluation finds few benefits

The final report of a three year evaluation of the Summary Care Record has found that it has yet to
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16 June 2010

NHS Bristol launches info app

NHS Bristol has launched a free iPhone application to provide patients with information on NHS services in its area. The
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14 June 2010

NHS Evidence faults EMIS Mentor articles

NHS Evidence has made a draft decision not to recommend EMIS’s Mentor clinical research articles for accreditation.
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11 June 2010

King’s Fund hears more C&B grumbles

Patients value having a choice of hospital but GPs and providers have complaints about the way Choose and Book works
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