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New survey hangs on the phone

Patients’ experience of getting through on the telephone for a variety of queries – including consultations and test results –
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Review calls for shake-up of pathology

The Department of Health should put in place IT connectivity for NHS pathology services as a matter of priority, a
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Official consultation on 084 numbers

The Department of Health has launched a three month consultation on whether it should ban the use of 084 numbers
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Emergency and continuity planning strengthened

BT has won a contract from the Cabinet Office Civil Contingencies Secretariat and the Communities and Local Government department to
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NHS boss says IT programme at ‘pivot point’

David Nicholson has said the National Programme for IT in the NHS is at a 'pivot position' and that the
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Insider view: Jon Hoeksma

E-Health Insider editor Jon Hoeksma on the Operating Framework and the future of the National Programme.
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Operating Framework stresses savings and Darzi

NHS organisations have been told to sort out their finances in preparation for making “very substantial efficiency savings” in 2010-11,
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Lib Dems demand tougher data protection

The Liberal Democrats are calling on the Department of Health to publish minimum standards for the protection of data on
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Electronic fit notes to replace sick notes

An electronic ‘fit note’ is to replace paper sick notes from 2010 in a bid to get more people back
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Pre-budget report targets NHS efficiency savings

Billions of pounds of extra efficiency savings are to be required from public sector organisations, including the NHS, the Chancellor of the
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