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£10m NHS service comparison site to be announced

An online comparison site which will enable NHS patients to compare different health services and shop around for a GP
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FOI victory on report that led to axing of NHSu

Nurse educator and health informatician, Rod Ward, has won the right under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act to see
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79 Milton Keynes staff say Millennium “not fit for purpose”

Seventy-nine clinicians and admin staff at Milton Keynes General Hospital have written an open letter to the management stating that
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Guidance on computerised CBT launched

New implementation guidance for the use of computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (cCBT) for mild mental health conditions such as depression
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Two years on

It's two years since the Information Centre for health and social care started work on its mission of "providing knowledge
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Call to use more everyday technology in health

Healthcare should embrace everyday technologies and challenge clinical boundaries by using them, a senior academic told the Healthcare Computing conference
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Starting gun fired for Summary Care Record roll-out

The government’s ambitious plan for a national system of electronic summary care patient records (SCR) will begin trials tomorrow at
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Winchester says Millennium becoming ‘more robust’

The delays in implementation of the Cerner Millenium patient administration system have helped to make the system ‘fit for purpose
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DH acknowledge junior doctor selection ‘shortcomings’

An extremely rapid DH initial review into the heavily criticised online junior doctor recruitment system has within 24-hours admitted that
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DH orders review into junior doctor recruitment system

The Department of Health has announced it has ordered a review into the Medical Training and Application Service (MTAS) following
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