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17 March 2008

New clinical lead expresses support for SCR

Personal experience convinced a new national clinical lead (NCL) for Connecting for Health that electronic records were an important future
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14 September 2007

Confusion surrounds Summary Care Record

Indecision about the Summary Care Record has led to confusion about its content and purpose, according to a report from MPs. The
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9 August 2007

Lessons learned

Southern England, perhaps more than any other region, has produced a mixed picture of NHS IT modernisation. Senior executives from
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20 July 2007

Ben Bradshaw becomes minister for NHS IT

The Department of Health has announced that Ben Bradshaw, Labour MP for Exeter, will be the new minister responsible for
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4 June 2007

New NHS information sources unveiled

Two new NHS websites designed to improve information for patients have been unveiled. NHS Choices, to be launched this summer,
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17 May 2007

Researchers warn NPfIT delays risking patient safety

Lack of effective communication and delivery delays are leaving trusts disenfranchised and weakening local commitment to rolling out the National
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1 May 2007

Bristol switches on to online learning

Caroline Plaice, knowledge services manager at North Bristol NHS Trust, outlines how staff are beginning to benefit from a Managed
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8 December 2006

Existing ICT underused, Royal Society finds

A working group that set out to look at future technology in healthcare information and communications technology (ICT) has found that
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31 October 2006

NHS data ‘not accurate enough’ to assess doctors

NHS hospital episode data is not accurate enough to monitor individual doctors’ performance, according to a pilot study conducted by
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17 October 2006

IT staff jobs at risk in cuts to NHS Blood Service

Staff who have been developing and implementing a new blood tracking systems for the NHS Blood Service designed to improve
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