18 December 2008

New guidance on named consultant referrals

Named consultant referrals should be available through Choose and Book wherever possible, NHS Connecting for Health has told hospitals. Revised
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17 December 2008

Pharmacists get access to PDS for EPS R2

Community pharmacists are to be issued with new smartcards to give them access to the Personal Demographics Service. NHS Connecting
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16 December 2008

Official consultation on 084 numbers

The Department of Health has launched a three month consultation on whether it should ban the use of 084 numbers
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16 December 2008

SystmOne pilots discharge summaries

Primary care IT supplier TPP has begun to pilot electronic discharge summaries between a GP practice and hospital in north
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15 December 2008

Alarm raised over Integrated Children’s System

The government’s IT solution for children’s services could put at risk the children it is designed to help, according to
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15 December 2008

PBC satisfaction improves

GP practices are becoming slightly more satisfied with the quality of information they receive for practice-based commissioning – although more
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15 December 2008

SCR integrated into Adastra

Out-of-hours provider Adastra has delivered an integrated solution for the Summary Care Record that will make access to the SCR
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11 December 2008

Watchdog calls for safety culture

The Healthcare Commission has urged the NHS to generate better comparative information on safe care and outcomes and to set
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11 December 2008

Report urges tech support for public health

The NHS needs to make more use of advanced technologies if it is to successfully tackle the nation’s unhealthy lifestyles,
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9 December 2008

Informatics Planning Guidance for primary care

Local health communities must fix a two-year timeline for the full roll-out of the NHS Summary Care Record and move
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