12 August 2008

Better communications for Wales

NHS Wales is to develop a national email service for all staff, including GPs and other primary care workers. A
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8 August 2008

Further role for NHS Choices in DES guidance

Patients will be able to check whether their GP practice meets national data accreditation standards via NHS Choices, according to
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7 August 2008

Switch to ‘permission to access’ on SCR

Patient information will be uploaded to the Summary Care Record with implied consent and patients will then be able to
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5 August 2008

Doctors complain about rating website

Doctors have complained to the Information Commissioner about the doctors’ rating website iwantgreatcare.org. The site www.iwantgreatcare.org was launched last month
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5 August 2008

Choose and Book fails to offer choice

Choose and Book failed to deliver its promise of choice of hospital, time and date of apppintment , a newly-published
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29 July 2008

NHS Direct says it has no 0845 plans

NHS Direct has said it has no plans to switch its premium rate 0845 telephone number to a standard rate
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28 July 2008

DH chooses 40 bodies for information accreditation

A total of 40 organisations have been selected to test the Department of Health’s information accreditation scheme that will award
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28 July 2008

Call for information investment in PBC groups

The NHS Alliance is calling for practice-based commissioning groups to be given the money to fund their own information needs.
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24 July 2008

NHS Direct wins award for prescription pilot

NHS Direct’s Evelina Children’s Hospital information prescription pilot project has been awarded the 2008 Ask About Medicines Award for ‘Excellence
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23 July 2008

New EPS clinical director appointed

Dr Manpreet Pujara, one of Connecting for Health’s national GP clinical leads, has been appointed as clinical director for the
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