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5 June 2006

Nuffield’s IT upgrade lengthened waiting times

Details of the problems caused by the implementation of a new computer system at Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxfordshire, were yesterday
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2 June 2006

Senior GPs say CfH response on security ‘encouraging’

The two senior GP representatives in the UK are writing to GP practices to outline “the encouraging response” they have
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1 June 2006

Boots selects Spinal Tap for prescriptions

Boots has announced that it is to use Quicksilva’s Spinal Tap integration software, on top of the company’s existing Smartscript
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31 May 2006

Choose and Book fails on air

Enthusiasts and sceptics among the GP community had their say about Choose and Book on a BBC investigation of the
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26 May 2006

US conference gets a reality check on NPfIT

Former National Programme for IT industry liaison manager, Phil Sissons, delivered a transatlantic reality check this week, exposing some of
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25 May 2006

Granger says NHS chief exec fully backs NPfIT

NHS IT director-general Richard Granger claimed this week that the service’s acting chief executive Sir Ian Carruthers is fully behind the programme and the
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22 May 2006

Heart of England procures independently on PACS

Heart of England Foundation NHS Trust in Birmingham has gone outside the nationally negotiated NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) contract
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16 May 2006

Trusts can keep McKesson PAS systems to 2010

US healthcare IT giant McKesson has signed a deal with NHS Connecting for Health (CfH), the agency responsible for delivering
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16 May 2006

Technical problems with Choose and Book dog GPs

Frustrations with Choose and Book including problems reconciling GP records with the personal demographics service have prompted some GPs to
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16 May 2006

EPS passes million scrips milestone

More than a million prescriptions have been transmitted via the Electronic Prescription Service, Connecting for Health has announced. The agency
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