Dept of Health

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3 June 2008

DH ‘highly unlikely’ to ban 084 numbers

The Department of Heath is being urged to make a decision on the use of 084 telephone numbers in GP
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2 June 2008

Consultation begins on national GP data extraction

The Information Centre has announced it is beginning consultations with stakeholders for a new data extraction system that will record
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2 June 2008

Fujitsu exit may hinder trusts on 18-week waits

NHS trusts in the South of England may struggle to reach the national 18-week wait referral to treatment (RTT) target,
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22 May 2008

Over a million patients seen without records

A poll of NHS acute trusts indicates over 1.2m outpatients in England are seen each year without the clinician having
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14 May 2008

NHS Direct Online to be moved to Choices

Parts of NHS Direct Online, the highly successful and popular web-based patient advice and information service, look set to be
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13 May 2008

IBA boss says corner turned on iSoft

Six months after his company bought iSoft, Gary Cohen, chairman of Australia’s IBA Health, speaks to E-Health Insider editor Jon
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13 May 2008

Largest ever UK telecare trial starts

The start of the UK’s largest ever trial of telecare and telehealth in a £31m programme covering 6000 people has
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8 May 2008

Health select committee brands DH ‘inept’

The Commons health select committee has described the Department of Health’s management of the introduction of a new system of
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8 May 2008

Ofcom forecasts growth in healthcare IT

Media regulator Ofcom has picked healthcare as a key sector for the widespread deployment of information technology in its latest
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2 May 2008

DH publishes self-care guidance

Health and social care staff need to help patients use technology to manage their own conditions according to new guidance
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