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N3 hits 6,000 installations milestone

More than 6000 GP surgeries are now connected to the NHS broadband, N3, NHS Connecting for Health has claimed; however,
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GPs ‘over-perform’ on QoF by £200m

Payments to GPs under the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QoF) of the new GMS contract look certain to massively exceed
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GP says clinical consultation not delivering

A GP involved in advising Connecting for Health has claimed the programme is being mismanaged with professional input ignored and
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Scottish GPs win choice over practice systems

  Scottish GPs will be able to change IT system provider under a new deal announced yesterday. The Scottish Executive
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NHS contract delays hit TATA growth

Another commercial player in the National Programme for IT, TATA Consultancy Services (TCS), has reported lower than average financial figures
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Siemens chosen for eye screening in Scotland

NHS Scotland has signed a deal with Siemens Medical Solutions to supply the screening module of its Soarian web-based electronic
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NI GPs fear raid on computer money

GPs in Northern Ireland say money earmarked for primary care IT has been subject to huge delays and fear the
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Systems choice was a ‘geographical absurdity’

Professor Mike Pringle, one of the clinical leads for the national programme for IT, has described the previous arrangements on
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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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First ETP pilot goes live under the national programme

Ling House Medical Centre and Co-operative Group Pharmacy in Keighley, West Yorkshire, have become the sites to use Electronic Transmission
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