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18 December 2006

Revised plan for ‘sealed envelopes’ published

Sealed envelopes are likely to become available from 2008/9, according to the latest briefing paper from NHS Connecting for Health
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18 December 2006

Survey shows small improvement in patient choice

More patients are remembering being offered choice, according to the latest results of the Department of Health’s National Patient Choice
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15 December 2006

BCS calls for complete overhaul of NHS IT project

A new report from the British Computer Society has called for a fundamental rethink of the NHS IT programme, including
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14 December 2006

Heart of England invests in digital retinopathy

Information management and storage specialists, EMC Corporation, have implemented two EMC Centera content storage systems at the Heart of England
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13 December 2006

GPASS accidentally prescribes Viagra to smokers

A glitch with the Scottish GP system GPASS could have resulted in smokers trying to quit the habit being mistakenly prescribed
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13 December 2006

Bridgeforward and Quicksilva partner on integration

Software providers BridgeForward and Quicksilva have announced a partnership to focus on integrated connectivity solutions for healthcare. BridgeForward Software, a specialist
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13 December 2006

Don’t opt-out patients by default, GPs advised

GP practices concerned about the confidentiality of patient records under the NHS Care Records Service have been advised not to
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12 December 2006

PRIMIS CHART e-audit tool launched

An e-audit tool to allow GP practices to assess the quality of their data as part of the IM&T directed
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12 December 2006

RCGP urges ‘universal and rapid’ SNOMED deployment

The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has written to NHS IT director general Richard Granger calling for the "universal
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11 December 2006

GPSoC delivery goes local in IT devolution

Local NHS organisations will be required to draw up plans showing how they will deliver GP Systems of Choice implementation
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