9 September 2008

PCT seeks to align SCR and SystmOne consent models

The last of the six primary care trusts due to take part in the early adopter programme for the NHS
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9 September 2008

DH backs away from 084 telephone ban

The Department of Health has no immediate plans to ban use of 084 numbers in the NHS, health minister Ben
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8 September 2008

Different consent models for coaching services

The first primary care trust to use a telephone support service from private contractor Health Dialog has backed the use
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5 September 2008

Patient’s awareness of treatment choices stalls

The latest national patient choice survey shows little growth in awareness of the government’s flagship policy on choice with less
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2 September 2008

Slight increase in satisfaction with PBC data quality

GPs have become marginally more satisfied with the quality of the data they receive for practice-based commissioning over the past
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2 September 2008

One in ten hospital episodes miscoded

Almost one in ten hospital episodes is incorrectly coded, according to an analysis carried out by the Audit Commission. The
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13 August 2008

Automated COPD warnings cut hospital admissions

An automated telephone alert system to warn people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) about forthcoming bad weather has cut
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12 August 2008

How the web threatens GP reputations

Lawyer Magnus Boyd argues that ratings websites can destroy doctors’ reputations in the time it takes to send an e-mail.
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12 August 2008

CfH plans to extend practice IT support hours

NHS Connecting for Health has announced plans to extend the support hours provided by GP IT suppliers to cover extended
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12 August 2008

Infrastructure strategy for NHS Wales

Informing Healthcare has published its infrastructure strategy for NHS Wales. The first edition covers networking, user access devices, servers and
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