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More recalling choice but figures remain low

Almost half of patients referred to hospital by their GP can recall being offered choice, according to fully published results
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Delays in emergency service radios ’cause for concern’

Concerns have been raised about delays in implementing Airwave radio systems within emergency services in London, to ensure full coverage
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Barnet and Chase Farm switch on Cerner

Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust has become the first London hospital to go live with Cerner Millennium as
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Contract ‘reset’ underway in the South

The new NHS programme director for the NHS IT programme in the South of England says she is not happy
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Norwegian 24-hour telephone advice launched

  Norway’s Norsk Helse Telefon 24 (NHT24) a private provider of telephone triage services to Norway and other Scandinavian countries
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Bupa completes Choose and Book integration

NHS patients in England will now be able to ‘Choose and Book’ treatment at a local Bupa hospital using the
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Local NHS IT capital spending increases 40 percent

The NHS in England has invested an estimated £336m capital spend on local IM&T projects in 2006/07, an increase of almost 40% on
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N3 now VoIP-enabled, BT announces

BT has announced that the N3 network has now been enhanced to carry phone calls using voice over internet protocol
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First go live with Ardentia 18 week wait tool

Business intelligence specialists, Ardentia, have completed their first full go-live of the Pathway Manager 18 week wait monitoring tool, and have
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Capgemini wins ContactPoint child database contract

Capgemini has been awarded a £40m contract by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) to build and host
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