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Delivery delays mount across the national programme

NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) has confirmed that there are delays in implementing the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in
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Doctors can order drug samples online

Online portal Doctors.net.uk have started a drug sampling service with , ‘iSample’, that will allow doctors to opt in to
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Southampton City PCT overhauls web services

Southampton City Primary Care Trust have announced a new version of its website that it hopes will better engage both
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Shortlist shows cream of UK e-health innovation

With just under two weeks to go before the presentation of the E-Health Innovation Awards 2005 the details of shortlisted
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Online support helps patients with rare illness

Internet support forums for people with rare diseases can be extremely beneficial, especially if they have just been diagnosed, a
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Evercare pilots highlight need for better data

Case management will not get off the ground unless PCTs, acute trusts and GPs improve their data management and quality,
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Nurses need better access to IT, says RCN survey

A survey of nurses, midwives and health visitors undertaken by the Royal College of Nursing has shown that not enough
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Community nurses need better information access

The Royal College of Nursing have said that community nurses and others who work in primary care are much less
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Choose and Book need not stop PBC, say GPC

Concern over Choose and Book should not prevent GPs from getting involved with practice based commissioning, the British Medical Association’s
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Cardiff begins roll-out of EHRs for community nurses

Cardiff & Vale NHS Trust has announced that it is rolling out an integrated electronic health record for community nursing
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