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19 March 2007

GP2GP reaches 500th mark ahead of time

Connecting for Health has implemented GP2GP at 500 practices, almost a month before the planned deadline of 31 March 2007.
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16 March 2007

OOH performance measurement poor, says report

Many primary care trusts are unable to measure their performance on out-of-hours care, partly because providers do not have the
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15 March 2007

Starting gun fired for Summary Care Record roll-out

The government’s ambitious plan for a national system of electronic summary care patient records (SCR) will begin trials tomorrow at
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14 March 2007

EMIS becomes first GP supplier to commit to CUI

Primary care systems supplier EMIS is to become the first major clinical software vendor to the health service to incorporate
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13 March 2007

GP representatives consider Choose and Book boycott

A boycott of Choose and Book and non co-operation with the National Programme for IT are among the sanctions to
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13 March 2007

Privacy GP calls records opt out pledge a ‘decoy’

A GP who has campaigned for patients to secure an opt-out from the NHS Care Records Service (NCRS) is claiming
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12 March 2007

BMA sits on critical Choose and Book survey results

The British Medical Association has decided not to publish its own survey of Choose and Book which is highly critical
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9 March 2007

Consumers prefer the ‘personal touch’ for online health

Research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council has found that people searching for health advice online prefer websites
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7 March 2007

Electronic referrals lack detail, study warns

A study comparing the quality of data content and clinical value of electronic and paper referrals in dermatology has found
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6 March 2007

Exercising Choice

When Connecting for Health appointed its GP clinical leads two years ago, there were three big issues on the primary
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