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Records pledge in Conservative manifesto

The general election The Conservative election manifesto has reiterated the Tories’ pledge to give patients online control of their own
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Scottish practices trial patient portal

Two GP practices in Scotland are to run a trial of an online patient portal enabling patients to access their
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Experts fear Punch and Judy election

The general election Policy and healthcare IT experts have urged an incoming government to resist the temptation to shake up
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MPs set out out pharmacy manifesto

A group of MPs is calling for pharmacists to be given read-write access to the NHS Care Records Service by
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It’s party time

With the general election fast approaching, Sarah Bruce asked policy makers, analysts and trusts what they would put in their
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Improve PCT data skills, say MPs

Poor quality data analysis skills have played a key part in the failure of many primary care trusts to work
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Lower borrowing, more savings in Budget

Chancellor Alistair Darling has confirmed that government borrowing will be lower than predicted in last year’s Pre-Budget Report, while committing
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Labour to publish government contracts

The government will publish online all public service contracts worth more than £20,000 by the end of 2010, Gordon Brown
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HIMSS Analytics breaks into Europe

The president of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society has told E-Health Europe that HIMSS Analytics has finally moved
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Insider View: Jon Hoeksma

As the BMA has another fret about the NHS Summary Care Record, the editor of E-Health Insider asks: where are
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