Dept of Health

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24 February 2009

BMA says 084 must run its course

GP practices using 084 telephone numbers must be allowed to serve out the terms of their contracts with telephone suppliers
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18 February 2009

NHS boss flew to India to check iSoft progress

David Nicholson has continued to take a hands-on role in the multi-billion pound NHS IT programme, flying to India to
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10 February 2009

First day of the PROMs

The Department of Health has issued instructions to the NHS on the action that needs to be taken to deliver
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6 February 2009

Little local difficulties with C+B

Health minister Ben Bradshaw has told MPs that local implementation issues are at the root of most complaints about Choose
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5 February 2009

iPlato supports Southwark MMR drive

GP surgeries in Southwark Primary Care trust are using iPlato text messaging to invite patients for MMR jabs and to
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4 February 2009

Demonstrators make slow progress

Around 650 people are using new assistive care technologies as part of the Whole System Demonstrator project, according to the
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3 February 2009

Choose and Book increases DNAs

Attendance in outpatient clinics is worse for patients referred via Choose and Book than for those given an appointment after
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3 February 2009

NHS severe computer faults double

NHS Connecting for Health, the health service’s IT agency, has revealed that the number of severe faults in NHS computer
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29 January 2009

Insider view: Jon Hoeksma

E-Health Insider’s editor says the Public Accounts Committee’s latest report shows its time to take some tough decisions about NPfIT.
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28 January 2009

Call to re-tender for Fujitsu replacement

Conservative health minister Stephen O'Brien has called for a “proper” tendering process to replace Fujitsu as local service provider in
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