26 February 2010

London LMCs run own SCR campaign

The summary care record roll out Londonwide Local Medical Committees is advising GPs to consider proactively contacting patients about the
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25 February 2010

CfH issues new SCR data quality guide

NHS Connecting for Health has issued new guidance on the data quality standards GP practices are expected to meet before data
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24 February 2010

BT to end priority fault service for GPs

BT’s priority fault repair service for telephone lines at GP practices is to end on 31 March, according to NHS Connecting
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23 February 2010

GPs back cuts to NHS Direct and NPfIT

NHS Direct and the National Programme for IT in the NHS are both appropriate targets for cuts in the current economic
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23 February 2010

Fit notes to launch on paper

The Department of Work and Pensions aims to roll-out electronic ‘fit notes’ in the autumn, following the launch of a
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22 February 2010

PCT suspends TPP mobile urgent care

The second primary care trust to deploy TPP’s urgent care solution has stopped using the mobile solution because of problems
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18 February 2010

Councils urged to take up telecare

Local authorities are ill-prepared to cope with the demands of an ageing population and must look to telecare as one
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18 February 2010

21C supports revalidation of GPs

NHS Nottinghamshire County has become the first primary care trust to implement a system to manage GP appraisals and revalidation
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17 February 2010

Action follows disputed Carson report

West Yorkshire primary care trusts have moved to back TPP in the wake of the Carson report, which criticised the
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16 February 2010

CQC raises discharge concerns

Almost 50% of GPs are not receiving discharge summaries from acute trusts in time for them to be useful, according
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