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Using IT to deliver on free choice

Free choice at referral takes effect this month. Fiona Barr looks at how IT will be used to deliver this
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German government unveils smartcard costs

The German ministry of health has issued details on recent and estimated future costs of the healthcare smartcard project in
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£8m to be spent on telehealth in Scotland

The Scottish government has announced that an extra £8m is to be spent on telecare over the next two years.
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Scotland to pilot new sexual health system

A new Scottish national sexual health IT system, known as NaSH, will be piloted in the next few weeks in
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Wales seeks ‘urgent approval’ for IHR rollout

The leaders of the Welsh NHS IT programme are calling for urgent approval of the business case for rollout of
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Committee backs data protection checks

The parliamentary joint committee on human rights has backed proposals to allow the Information Commissioner to check government IT projects
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Electronic ‘fit notes’ could replace sick notes

Paper-based sick notes should be replaced with electronic ‘fit notes’ according to the first ever review of the health of
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ESR set to complete roll-out

The NHS’s Electronic Staff Record is due to complete its national implementation this month, with over 600 NHS organisations across
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NHS boss says NPfIT ‘was not in right place’

NHS chief executive David Nicholson says the NHS IT programme had become too centralised to support the move to a
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Scottish NHS to receive £201m for e-health

Health boards across Scotland are to receive £201m to spend in areas such as e-health, primary care and primary and
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