15 January 2009

EMIS offers online consultation service

GP system supplier EMIS is to begin the roll-out of an online consultation service it has developed with a GP
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14 January 2009

MPs cast doubt on Darzi reforms

The future pay of NHS managers should be linked to their data-analysis abilities, according to MPs concerned about the health
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13 January 2009

GPC condemns proposed QoF changes

GP representatives have condemned the government’s proposals for changes to the Quality and Outcomes Framework. The British Medical Association’s General
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13 January 2009

Fast followers to lead SCR roll out

Seventeen primary care trusts are due to begin implementing the Summary Care Record before 1 April as part of a
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9 January 2009

OLPC has potential for health

Computers provided to children in developing countries as part of the One Laptop One Child initiative could also be used
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8 January 2009

NHS Direct takes 250,000 festive calls

NHS Direct received more than a quarter of a million calls over the Christmas and New Year break, an increase
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7 January 2009

New media core to pandemic flu plans

A UK-wide 24-hour telephone and web-based service would be the only route for people to get anti-viral medicines in the
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7 January 2009

Software aids planning for pandemic flu

More than 2,000 GP practices are to receive software to help them complete pandemic flu contingency plans. The software, the
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7 January 2009

Yorkshire Darzi centres use TPP

The first GP-led health centre is using TPP’s SystmOne and 20 more Darzi-style centres will go live with the clinical
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6 January 2009

NHS Direct’s 68 revenue sharing numbers

NHS Direct has almost 70 revenue-sharing telephone lines in addition to the 0845 number for its health advice line, a
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