Dept of Health

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1 December 2005

Patient records to get quality checks

GP practices are to be paid to bring patient records up to national data accreditation standards as part of the
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29 November 2005

NHS domain block causing bounced patient e-mail

E-mails to nhs.uk addresses from patients may be being blocked due to the inclusion of nhs.uk on a site used
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22 November 2005

GPs ‘under no obligation’ to offer choice

GP representatives have told GPs that they are under no obligation to offer a choice of four or five providers
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14 November 2005

Granger says NPfIT in danger of being derailed

The director in charge of the £6.2 billion NHS National Programme for IT has warned that the project is in
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10 November 2005

EHI cited by Commons Public Accounts Committee

The Department of Health director responsible for the NHS National Programme for IT was taken to task last week by
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1 November 2005

Choose and Book ‘will be a year late’

The flagship Choose and Book electronic booking application will be at least a year late by the time it is
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27 September 2005

Every PCT to miss Choose and Book target

The Department of Health (DH) has admitted that not a single primary care trust in England is likely to be
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23 September 2005

NHS chief executive calls for investment in IT

NHS chief executive Nigel Crisp has called on trusts to make greater use of shared back office functions such as
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22 September 2005

CfH could face a £10 billion funding gap

 A new consultation paper produced by an influential health computing industry group has raised concerns about the medium-term funding of
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15 September 2005

Pathology tech revamp to be ‘re-energised’ by DH

Pathology test results being sent electronically to care providers overnight, and testing facilities being made available in non-traditional settings, are
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