28 October 2008

Liverpool IM&T manager honoured

Kate Warriner, Liverpool Primary Care Trust’s IM&T primary care programme manager, has been awarded this year’s John Perry Prize by
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27 October 2008

Chester aims at discharge summary target

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has introduced software from Medisec to meet NHS targets for the delivery
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23 October 2008

Standards set for the structure of medical records

Profession-wide standards for medical records in hospitals have been agreed for the first time.
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23 October 2008

First ever record standards to improve discharge summaries

Profession-wide standards for medical records in hospitals have been agreed.
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21 October 2008

Just 25 per cent sign PCT-practice agreement

Fewer than one in four eligible GP practices have signed their PCT-practice agreement under GP Systems of Choice (GPSoC). Figures
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21 October 2008

GPs see the sun go down on dawn2

Six GP practices have become the first NHS early adopter sites for the new public sector network in Wales. The
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20 October 2008

High trust Choose and Book deal to boost uptake

A primary care trust is introducing a high trust incentive scheme for Choose and Book, which it believes could be
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20 October 2008

New patient e-health 2.0 sites launched

Two new websites have been launched featuring a collection of real life health stories and personal experiences of illness and
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17 October 2008

GPs say lack of discharge data puts patients at risk

One in four GPs has seen patient safety put at risk in the past six months because hospitals have failed
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14 October 2008

Child immunisation software ‘creating risks’

The interim child health system in London is creating risks to the effective running of the childhood immunisation programme, according
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