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22 July 2008

SCR could hold ‘end of life’ plans

The Summary Care Record (SCR) could be used to share end of life care plans and resuscitation details, according to
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21 July 2008

Scottish GPs to prescribe telephone therapy

The Scottish government has issued £3m funding for a three year pilot study on the effects of telephone and online-based
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17 July 2008

Nine in ten patients satisfied with GP access

Nearly nine in ten patients are satisfied with their ability to get through to their GP practice on the telephone,
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17 July 2008

Gieseke and Devrient wins smartcard contract

Electronic Healthcare Card Munich-based identity technology specialist Giesecke & Devrient has won a contract from the German health insurer Kaufmännische
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15 July 2008

Data Sharing Review has messages for the NHS

Patients who consent to a course of treatment should be presumed to have given “implied consent” to having their data
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10 July 2008

NHS informatics review set to stress continuity

As part of the next stage review of the health service will see the publication of the blueprint for NHS
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9 July 2008

Darzi’s report for the digital generation

The final report of the Next Stage Review of the English NHS sees technology-driven change as one of the challenges
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8 July 2008

BT and the NHS at 60

The NHS was born 60 years ago. Computers are a more recent invention but technology is about more than computers,
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7 July 2008

Competition for better information use

The Power of Information Taskforce has launched a competition to encourage people to find better ways of using the information
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1 July 2008

QoF to be re-focused on health promotion

Lord Darzi’s NHS review outlines plans to overhaul the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QoF) to place a greater emphasis on
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