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Internet doctor suspended for nine months

Dr Julian Eden, a GP who ran online service e-med has been suspended from practising for nine months by the
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Patients key to NPfIT fate

In the first of a two-part interview, BMA chairman, James Johnson, tells Joe Fernandez why patients will decide ultimately the
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GPC says patients should call C+B when no slots available

GP representatives are recommending that practices tell patients to ring the Choose and Book appointments line if they are no
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New post-Shipman information guidelines issued

The government has released new guidelines on the use of information to ensure NHS organisations have systems and processes in
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Readv3 systems non-compliant with GP2GP ‘for some time’

Three GP IT systems used by more than 600 GP practices in England are incompatible with current activity in the Connecting
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Good progress towards GP2GP

CfH's Professor Mike Pringle details progress towards GP2GP record transfers.
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Read code will trigger care record opt-out

The Read code 93C3 will be used as one way of identifying patients who do not wish to have a
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Survey reveals doctors’ pessimism about NPfIT

A survey of over 3000 doctors has revealed that the overwhelming majority are not optimistic that the National Programme for
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100 practices to rollout patient access on the net

Patient access to medical records over the internet is to be rolled out to 100 practices. Hadfield Medical Centre in
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Online doctor faces GMC over internet prescribing

A GP who prescribed betablockers for a 16-year-old boy over the internet thwarted attempts by other doctors to keep the
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