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Second Life gets real

Imperial College London is doing ground-breaking work with the NHS in the virtual world, Second Life. Sarah Bruce reports.
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Lords question flu response

Members of the House of Lords have told the government they have “significant concerns” about the delay in the launch
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Davis: privatising records ‘dangerous’

Former Conservative shadow home secretary David Davis has slammed his own party’s reported plans to hand health records to commercial
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Quality down for non-QoF care

The Quality and Outcomes Framework has led to a reduction in the quality of care for activities not included in
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Stop the clot

Dr Maureen Baker CBE, clinical director for patient safety at NHS Connecting for Health, talks about developing a risk assessment
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Scotland awards device security contract

NHS National Services Scotland has awarded a £1m contract to Lumension to nationally enforce security policies governing the storage of
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Info underpins National Care Service

The government has identified telecare and online information services as two of the foundations of its proposed National Care Service.
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Lord Darzi quits government

Lord Darzi is to resign as a health minister but to retain a role as a government advisor. Downing Street
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Scotland delivers e-prescription service

Scotland has announced that it has become the first country in the UK to deliver an electronic prescription service, with
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Lords: e-records essential for genomics

The government has been urged to place the development of a national electronic health record system at the top of
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