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13 February 2007

OJEU notice signals start of GP systems procurement

Procurement for GP Systems of Choice will begin this week and be complete in three months’ time, finally delivering the
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13 February 2007

GP questions Hewitt on ‘vanishing’ C+B services

A GP has questioned health secretary Patricia Hewitt about the use of Choose and Book for demand management as a
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13 February 2007

Let patients see correspondence, says DH

The Department of Health will be writing to primary care professional bodies, urging them to encourage members to copy patients
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13 February 2007

CD record transfers opposed by Hampshire PCT

A primary care trust has recommended that GP practices do not transfer patient records using a CD citing concerns over
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12 February 2007

West Middlesex deploys cancer pathway CIS

 In a bid to get better cancer datasets, West Middlesex University Hospital has begun implementation of a new clinical information
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9 February 2007

Patients can carry records on secure smartcard

Patients in London can now have their medical histories handy wherever they are, by uploading them onto a new USB
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8 February 2007

BT hits 18,000 N3 connections ahead of schedule

BT has announced that it has successfully reached the 18,000 N3 broadband connections across the NHS, hitting its milestone two months ahead of
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8 February 2007

BMA calls for better OOH information for patients

The BMA has criticised the NHS Direct service for failing to point patients in the right direction for when they
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8 February 2007

Liverpool integrates walk-in centres with PCT database

Liverpool’s walk-in centres are to be electronically linked together to one central database to be viewed and accessed by all
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6 February 2007

Bedford Hospital using C+B to manage demand, GPs claim

Bedford Hospital is rejecting GP referrals not made through Choose and Book in an attempt to manage demand for its
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