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20 September 2007

IT underpins development of NHS Direct

NHS Direct is banking on new technology to help deliver better services and cope with record levels of demand, Joe
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17 September 2007

‘No alternative’ to MTAS system likely for 2008

Remedy UK, the group set up in the wake of the junior doctors’ job crisis earlier this year, has called
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10 September 2007

Lewisham cuts missed appointments with SMS

Lewisham PCT has reduced the number of missed appointments in 16 practices by 27% by using text message appointment reminders
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30 August 2007

Report highlights NPfIT’s ‘impressive milestones’

‘Impressive milestones in the implementation of the National Programme for IT’ have been highlighted as one of the major achievements
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30 August 2007

New system supports care equipment service

Ethitec’s ELMS2 system is being used to help modernise the community care equipment loans service across three West Country primary
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24 July 2007

Choose and Book’s new champion

A system that has managed to book 4.4m hospital appointments for patients in England must be doing something right. So
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24 July 2007

NHS can deliver on C+B, says new director

The NHS can deliver the government’s target of making 90% of first outpatient appointments through Choose and Book, according to
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20 July 2007

EMIS goes national with digital TV appointment booking

Primary care IT supplier EMIS has extended its online appointment booking service so that patients can now book GP surgery
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12 June 2007

Choose and Book, 152 PCT stories

In the latest article from the clinicians leading Connecting for Health, Dr Mark Davies the clinical director for Choose and
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31 May 2007

MDU issues warning on practice website info

GP practices offering health information on their websites must make it clear that the information is intended solely for patients
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