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26 April 2007

Granger says ‘consultation’ led to records delays

Richard Granger, the director general of IT for the NHS today (26 April) told the House of Commons Health Select
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25 April 2007

GPs call for halt to cervical cytology screening roll-out

Scottish GPs are calling for the roll-out of a national cervical cytology screening system to be halted because of concerns
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24 April 2007

Choose and Book use by GPs falls

Latest Choose and Book statistics show that use of the system fell after the end of the financial year and
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24 April 2007

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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24 April 2007

BT to create London PACS archive by September

Having deployed Picture Archiving and Communications Systems to all 23 trusts in London by the end of last month, BT
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23 April 2007

East and Midlothian physios get referral call centre

Therapists in the East Lothian and Midlothian Community Health Partnerships will be the first Scottish users of a centralised referral
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20 April 2007

Northern Doctors Urgent Care deploys new OOH system

Over 1.2 million patients in Northumberland, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside and South Tyneside should benefit from better out of
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19 April 2007

Majority of GPs blame NPfIT for worsening morale

Almost three out of four GPs blame the National Programme for IT for worsening their morale in the last year,
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18 April 2007

Visually impaired clinicians needed to develop solution

Out-of-hours IT provider Adastra is looking for visually impaired doctors and nurses who would be interested in helping to develop
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18 April 2007

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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