Dept of Health

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19 July 2005

£80m telecare grant to shape new care patterns

An £80m grant to shape new patterns of social care using telecare has been announced by the Department of Health
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19 July 2005

IPPR calls for electronic health record education

  The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has called for the introduction of IT training for socially excluded sections
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18 July 2005

Increase seen in patient booking calls

The call centre set up to deal with Choose and Book appointments is beginning to receive a small number of
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13 July 2005

N3 problems may hinder PACS use

  Problems with the new NHS broadband links, known as N3, have left some NHS hospitals with computer connections speeds
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7 July 2005

Choose and Book adopters to get tech support

The Department of Health is set to launch a high level technical help scheme to support local Choose and Book
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6 July 2005

Forrest answers NPfIT communication concerns

  Martyn Forrest, Regional Implementation Director (RID) for the North East cluster and acting RID for London, has promised to
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1 July 2005

Comments invited for NHS electronic record guidance

  The Department of Health has issued a revised version of its guidance for records management in the NHS to
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30 June 2005

A matter of trust

Richard Granger talks to EHI about NHS trusts' responsibilities in the NPfIT and the story of the programme so far.
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29 June 2005

Calls for clarity in spirited BMA confidentiality debate

Doctors queued up to speak on the confidentiality issues raised by centralised electronic records in a lively open debate at the
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28 June 2005

Warning to trusts on NPfIT costs

  The Audit Commission and National Audit Office have warned that the National Programme for IT will be a new
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