29 April 2009

No National Flu Line until autumn

A telephone and web-based National Flu Line service to offer advice and authorise access to antiviral medicines in the event
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28 April 2009

ACS announces big increase in Adastra profits

The company that bought out-of-hours software provider Adastra last summer has announced a 142% increase in profits and plans to
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28 April 2009

Hampshire rejects SCR for HHR

The largest primary care trust in England has decided not to implement the Summary Care Record in the next 12
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28 April 2009

UK rejects EU-wide IT

The UK government has rejected the idea of developing interoperable IT systems across the EU and of delivering an EU-wide
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27 April 2009

50 practices to trial Welsh e-referrals

Almost 50 GP practices in Wales will shortly become early adopters for the Welsh electronic referral system, Informing Healthcare has
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24 April 2009

Guidance on EPS R2 released

NHS Connecting for Health has published detailed guidance on release two of the Electronic Prescription Service. The 70 page document
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23 April 2009

Telecare delivers savings in Scotland

Telecare in Scotland has delivered savings of more than £11m and is improving health and social care delivery and quality
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21 April 2009

NHS Surrey drops coaching service

A primary care trust has dropped its health coaching service from private contractor Bupa Health Dialog, as the row over
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21 April 2009

AHPs embrace Choose and Book

Yvonne Pettigrew, CfH’s national clinical lead for allied health professionals Use of Choose and Book for referrals to allied health
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17 April 2009

New logo identifies safe online pharmacy

One in four GPs have treated patients for adverse reactions to medicines bought online, according to a survey. The poll
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