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Ten new CBT pilots will include online therapy

Health secretary, Patricia Hewitt, has announced that the government is investing £2m on a further ten pathfinder projects into Cognitive
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Information Commissioner to investigate MTAS leak

The Information Commissioner has told the Liberal Democrat’s health spokesperson, Norman Lamb that he will be launching an immediate investigation
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OECD countries need ehealth to reform

The vision of eHealth records being accessible in different European Union countries and beyond is now being looked at by
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Junior doctors’ confidential details openly displayed

The Medical Training Application Service website will be the subject of a Department of Health investigation after an undercover reporter
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Second full NAO review of NPfIT to be carried out

The Commons Public Accounts Committee has ordered a second full review of the NHS IT programme to be carried out
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Two-thirds of GPs against sharing their medical records

A survey of GPs by Pulse magazine has found that only a third plan to advise patients to allow their
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Health and social care records ‘need framework’

Social services directors are calling for a national framework for care record standards across health and social care, after their
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PAC report brings brickbats and bouquets for NPfIT

Mixed reaction greeted the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee’s report on the National Programme for IT with critics and
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FOI victory on report that led to axing of NHSu

Nurse educator and health informatician, Rod Ward, has won the right under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act to see
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Social workers get £13m for laptops

The government is to give local authorities a capital grant of £13million to invest in mobile IT for social workers.
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