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Patients key to NPfIT fate

In the first of a two-part interview, BMA chairman, James Johnson, tells Joe Fernandez why patients will decide ultimately the
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GPC says patients should call C+B when no slots available

GP representatives are recommending that practices tell patients to ring the Choose and Book appointments line if they are no
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New post-Shipman information guidelines issued

The government has released new guidelines on the use of information to ensure NHS organisations have systems and processes in
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DH embraces wireless safety technologies

A new strategy document looking at the use of smart wireless wristbands and barcode labelling technologies has been launched by
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Let patients see correspondence, says DH

The Department of Health will be writing to primary care professional bodies, urging them to encourage members to copy patients
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BMA calls for better OOH information for patients

The BMA has criticised the NHS Direct service for failing to point patients in the right direction for when they
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Milton Keynes PCT mandates Choose and Book use

A primary care trust has told its GPs that referral letters sent direct to a local hospital will be returned
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Survey reveals almost all councils using telecare

A new database from the Commission for Social Care Inspection rating adult social care in all 150 local authorities in
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Most PCTs to miss 90% Choose and Book target

Only one primary care trust in the country appears to have hit the government’s target for Choose and Book to
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Information Commissioner backs electronic care records

The UK’s Information Commissioner has issued new guidance to members of the public on the government’s plans to develop a
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