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Leeds PCT invest in PBC monitoring software

Leeds Primary Care Trust has invested in new software to make data collation for practice based commissioning and performance management
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Everything you know is wrong

In a personal account of implementing NPfIT systems, Jeff Jacklin, former head of IT at Milton Keynes hospital explains the
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Central Middlesex counts benefits of VoIP

Staff at the Central Middlesex Hospital, London, have benefited from a new Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) system from Nortel
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Staffordshire PCTs hit retinopathy target

Malcolm Gray screens patient Three Staffordshire primary care trusts have managed to meet national targets and screen over 28,000 patients
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EMIS deal for London on cards

Primary care system supplier EMIS looks likely to be included as part of the local service provider solution for London.
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PCTs juggle choice and strategy

The GP Systems of Choice initiative will be finalised this month leaving PCTs to guide practices up the maturity model
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‘Widespread concerns’ about NPfIT penalties

In a new survey NHS foundation trusts have reported ‘widespread concerns’ about the limited functionality of key systems  from the
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PCTs plan moves to single system

Primary care trusts (PCTs) in some areas of northern England have set out plans to move all GP practices onto
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Community network for St Helens and Knowsley

St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust have begun deploying a new £4.2m Community of Interest Network (COIN) to link
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Nurses unsure whether NHS can deliver EPRs

Over half of nurses do not believe or do not know whether the NHS can deliver an electronic patient record
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