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11 March 2008

Johnson steps up pressure on 0844 numbers

Health secretary Alan Johnson has stepped up the pressure on practices using 0844 telephone numbers as campaigners draw up a
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11 March 2008

Four pilots for shared social care records

Three local authorities and one care trust are to pilot links between their social care systems and the NHS Personal
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4 March 2008

Patient information: how ICTs can help

Fiona Barr looks at the role information technology can play in providing greater information for patients.
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28 February 2008

Report advises annual QoF negotiation

The National Audit Office has advised the Department of Health to renegotiate the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QoF) every year
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21 February 2008

NHS Choices offers drinking assessment tool

NHS Choices has launched a new interactive tool, developed to help people assess their drinking behaviour and understand the government’s
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20 February 2008

Six years since Blair seminar began NPfIT

Six years ago this week Tony Blair chaired a No 10 Seminar on NHS IT, that paved the way to
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20 February 2008

DH calls on public to have their say on NHS future

The Department of Health is calling for more members of the public to complete its Our NHS Our Future review
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12 February 2008

Direction promised on NHS information strategy

New clear direction on NHS IT and information strategy has been promised ‘within weeks’ by one of the leaders of the Department
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11 February 2008

Six firms shortlisted for £80m NHS Choices contract

Six companies have reportedly been shortlisted to run the Department of Health’s NHS Choices website, following an OJEU tender process,
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8 February 2008

Praise for departed head of CfH

With the news of Richard Granger’s departure as head of Connecting for Health, a number of the key individuals he
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