19 May 2009

Call centres face 084 number inquiry

Call centres run by central government have been given until the end of June to submit information on their use
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19 May 2009

BMA works with NHS Choices on GP ratings

The BMA’s GP committee has confirmed it is working with NHS Choices to enable patients to rate and review their
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19 May 2009

Cost of access to old records agreed

NHS Connecting for Health has set out the options GP practices have to access their old records if they switch to
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18 May 2009

Professionals start using ContactPoint

Up to 800 health, education and social care professionals are to start using the national children’s database ContactPoint from today,
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15 May 2009

Simulation improves falls care

A primary care trust has won an award for its use of a computer-based simulation programme to forecast the impact
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14 May 2009

Task force demands ICS overhaul

The government is to change its rules on IT systems for children’s services after accepting that current systems fail to
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12 May 2009

TPP SystmOne likely choice for prisons

TPP’s SystmOne Prison looks likely to be chosen as the national clinical IT system for England’s prisons. The Department of
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12 May 2009

Confed calls for community IT

Community services lag behind much of the rest of the NHS on IT investment, according to the NHS Confederation’s Primary
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12 May 2009

Interim flu line plans unveiled

The Department of Health is drawing up plans for an interim flu line after admitting that its National Flu Line
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11 May 2009

ACS buys hosting and outsourcing firm

Advanced Computer Software, the owners of out of-hours software provider Adastra, has bought a hosting and outsourcing firm to accelerate
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