3 September 2009

Lloydspharmacy installs virtual GPs

High street pharmacy giant Lloydspharmacy is rolling out 300 ‘virtual GPs’ to enable customers to consult a doctor remotely and
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2 September 2009

Flu Line staff reduced

The Department of Health has reduced the number of call centre staff delivering the National Pandemic Flu Service. The DH
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19 August 2009

Welsh GPs test admission risk tool

GP practices in Wales are testing a risk stratification tool which is to be made available across NHS Wales. The
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18 August 2009

NHS Number exemptions expected

Community pharmacists and other groups of NHS workers will be made exempt from the national requirement to use the NHS
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17 August 2009

Edinburgh to invest £1m in telecare

Edinburgh City Council has announced it is to spend almost £1m on telecare this year, more than doubling the amount
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14 August 2009

Process measures face QoF chop

Four potential new indicators for inclusion in next year’s Quality and Outcomes Framework together with five indicators that could be
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13 August 2009

Babylifecheck site launched

The Department of Health has launched an interactive website offering advice and information to parents of babies as part of
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12 August 2009

One in three don’t collect anti-virals

More than one in three people have failed to collect their anti-viral medicine after being issued with an authorisation number
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11 August 2009

Lack of C+B slots increases again

Lack of slot availability on Choose and Book has risen to affect almost one in five appointments after falling at
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10 August 2009

Work on Open Exeter flu system stopped

The Department of Health has abandoned work on an Open Exeter pandemic flu system in favour of developing the National
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