3 May 2010

PCTs left in SCR guidance limbo

Primary care trusts are waiting for guidance on what will qualify as an acceptable awareness campaign before Summary Care Records
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29 April 2010

Rotherham physios flex digital pens

Rotherham Community Health Services has introduced digital pen and paper and increased the productivity of its physiotherapists by 35%. The
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27 April 2010

Records can be used to identify CVD risk

Identifying patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease through electronic primary care records would be just as effective in preventing
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27 April 2010

Work needed on NHS 24 – MSPs

"A substantial degree of work" is needed to rebuild confidence in the Scottish health helpline NHS 24, according to members of
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26 April 2010

FoI reveals plans for SCR Release 2

Summary Care Records may be created outside general practice under NHS Connecting for Health plans, with a 'release 2' holding
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23 April 2010

Integrated care platform from Tunstall

Telehealth and telecare equipment provider Tunstall has announced the launch of its next generation suite of telehealth solutions. Tunstall said
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22 April 2010

Driver: EPS R2 is ‘pleasant surprise’

Community pharmacists are likely to be “pleasantly surprised” about the impact of Release 2 of the Electronic Prescription Service, a
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22 April 2010

PCTs push on with SCR despite DH stop

NHS organisations are seeking special dispensation to push ahead with the Summary Care Record, despite the Department of Health's agreement
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21 April 2010

NHS Direct staff sickness ‘unacceptable’

More than one in ten staff at NHS Direct is off sick at any one time, clocking up an average
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20 April 2010

GPs told to tee up SCR information drive

GP practices have been advised to educate their patients about the Summary Care Record while the suspension of its roll-out
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