Choose and Book

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3 April 2007

Missed 90% C+B target to remain for PCTs

The target for 90% of referrals to be made through Choose and Book is to remain for the NHS, even
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2 April 2007

Welsh health IT ‘Wizards’ set different path to England

The NHS Wales IT agency Informing Healthcare has announced that it has successfully deployed its first system, an out-of-hours GP
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29 March 2007

E-discharge summaries needed, says GPs

GPs have called for better uptake of electronic discharge summaries to overcome the severe delays and quality issues that many
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22 March 2007

Minister to look at C+B issue with ‘sensitive’ patients

Patients who withhold their names and addresses to protect their personal safety are being ‘disenfranchised’ from the NHS when their
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19 March 2007

GPs vote against C+B boycott

GP representatives have voted against a boycott of Choose and Book and left it up to individual practices to decide
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19 March 2007

Calderdale and Huddersfield extends home grown PAS

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust has extended its existing home grown patient administration system (PAS) from one site to
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19 March 2007

Patient choice moves onto buses

With the government’s target for 90% of GP patient referrals to be done using the electronic Choose and Book system
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13 March 2007

GP representatives consider Choose and Book boycott

A boycott of Choose and Book and non co-operation with the National Programme for IT are among the sanctions to
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12 March 2007

BMA sits on critical Choose and Book survey results

The British Medical Association has decided not to publish its own survey of Choose and Book which is highly critical
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6 March 2007

Exercising Choice

When Connecting for Health appointed its GP clinical leads two years ago, there were three big issues on the primary
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