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30 December 2009

The top ten stories of 2009

Patient confidentiality and privacy continued to trouble those working in and for the NHS in 2009. The most read report
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30 December 2009

A year in review

Primary care editor Fiona Barr looks over 2009.
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9 December 2009

Darling targets efficiency, pay and tax

The Chancellor has slightly shifted the focus of this year’s Pre-Budget Report from the urgent need to make public sector
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7 December 2009

Burnham defends NPfIT but cuts £600m

Health secretary Andy Burnham has launched a spirited defence of the National Programme for IT in the NHS, but £600m
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3 December 2009

Patients to text feedback on hospitals

NHS Choices has launched a pilot project to enable patients to text their feedback on hospitals to the website. The
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29 October 2009

Great Lego in the waiting room

Patients have rated more than one in four GP practices on the Department of Health’s controversial scorecard for surgeries since
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20 October 2009

GP ratings site criticised by rival

The GP practice rating service launched by NHS Choices received 1,600 comments in its first 24 hours of operation, according
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14 October 2009

GP ratings launched on NHS Choices

The Department of Health has launched a controversial online rating service to let patients rate and compare GP practices.
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5 October 2009

Survey gives boost to HealthSpace

E-Health Insider and Doctors.net.uk survey shows strong backing for HealthSpace and none at all for commercial alternatives.
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5 October 2009

Readers back reformed NPfIT

The National Programme should not be scrapped although it should be reformed, a major survey by E-Health Insider and Doctors.net.uk
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