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CfH jigsaw still ‘missing pieces’

The NHS IT programme is a jigsaw “still missing pieces” that need “to be found and put in place”.
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Hope: first EPS R2 site this summer

The first early adopter site for Release 2 of the Electronic Prescription Service is expected to begin this summer, according
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EMIS loads first SCRs

IT computer supplier EMIS has uploaded its first Summary Care Records to the Spine, as all six early adopter primary
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CfH one of ‘big three’ users of consultants

NHS chief executive David Nicholson has identified NHS Connecting for Health as one of the big three users of management
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BT’s Southern LSP deal cost £546m

BT is to be paid an additional £546m for work at a limited number of NHS trusts in the South
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Mind that child

Dr David Low, consultant paediatrician and national clinical lead for paediatrics and child health at NHS Connecting for Health, discusses
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Legal advice on SCR and Spine

GPs have been given medico-legal advice about the implications of using the Summary Care Record and uploading information to the
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On the record

NHS Bolton was the first PCT to adopt the SCR. Fiona Barr asks how it is doing.
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Cost of access to old records agreed

NHS Connecting for Health has set out the options GP practices have to access their old records if they switch to
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Insider View: Jon Hoeksma

Has the bar been dropped so low that the NHS IT programme is now guaranteed to succeed? Asks Jon Hoeksma.
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