MIG e-discharge for 1.1m NW patients

Healthcare Gateway has won contracts with NHS trusts in Cumbria and Merseyside that will enable 1.1m GPs to receive hospital
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Nick Chapman to leave NHS Direct

Nick Chapman, the chief executive of NHS Direct, will step down from his job next July, when the decommissioning of
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NHS CB promises new quality data

The NHS Commissioning Board has published its first planning guidance for the NHS, putting a new focus on outcomes and
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Peters becomes Cerner boss for the UK

Cerner has appointed a new leader for its UK business, including the National Programme for IT in the NHS and
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Osborne ‘protects’ NHS from austerity

Chancellor George Osborne has once again promised to protect the NHS from the worse of his austerity measures; while acknowledging
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Sectra launches dose monitoring system

Sectra has launched a solution for radiation dose monitoring at the Radiological Society of North America’s annual conference in Chicago.
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PACS/RIS refresh well underway

All of the trusts that will need to re-procure picture archiving and communications systems ahead of the end of national
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Monitor to base tariff on PLICS

Monitor wants to shift the basis on which Payment by Results prices are calculated away from average costs and towards
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Microsoft launches Identity Agent

Microsoft has launched software to enable NHS staff using modern versions of its Windows operating system to connect to the
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NHS CB finds info bosses outside NHS

Further appointments to the NHS Commissioning Board’s patients and information directorate have been made, drawing heavily on the private sector.
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