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NHS Choices website launched

The Department of Health has launched the new NHS Choices website, replacing the previous NHS.uk website. The new website, which
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DH explains summary and detailed records

Guidance on how the two elements of the NHS electronic patient record – the detailed and summary records – will
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DH survey finds improvement in patient choice

Almost half of patients referred to hospital by their GP can recall being offered choice, according to the latest results of the Department
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Trusts feel knock on effects of Millennium delays

Ongoing delays in implementations of Release 0 of the Cerner Millennium Care Record Service (CRS) in the south of England
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Paper records a ‘direct factor’ in patient’s death

An independent inquiry into the death of a patient seen by eight different doctors over a bank holiday weekend has
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Junior doctors lose High Court case on MTAS

Remedy UK has lost its plea to the High Court for the online Medical Training Application Service (MTAS) to be completely scrapped.
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PACS rollout to be completed by 2008

All hospitals in England will receive new Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS) by 2008, the Department of Health has
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BMA chairman resigns over MTAS affair

The chairman of the British Medical Association, James Johnson, resigned from his position last night following criticism of his handling
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DH ditch junior doctor selection website

The health secretary has announced that the Medical Training Application System, the computerised system used to recruit junior doctors, has
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Ten new CBT pilots will include online therapy

Health secretary, Patricia Hewitt, has announced that the government is investing £2m on a further ten pathfinder projects into Cognitive
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