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11 December 2006

NHS plan signals shift to local IT ownership

A sharp shift of responsibility for NHS IM&T in England from the centre to local organisations is signalled in the
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11 December 2006

Concern over slow progress in acute sector

A board paper written for the largest NHS trust in England says that its region of the National Programme for
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8 December 2006

HCA International publishes outcomes data

HCA International, London’s leading private hospital company, says it has become the first in the independent sector to publish outcome
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7 December 2006

N3 Internet gateway fails across NHS

Users of the NHS broadband network across England were left unable to access the internet for about two hours on
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6 December 2006

Ealing PCT uses text message technology

Ealing Primary Care Trust has launched a mobile phone text message appointment reminder service for 130,000 patients attending 22 of
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5 December 2006

Plymouth opts for Ensemble integration platform

Plymouth ICT Shared Services is replacing its current integration platform with InterSystems Ensemble, it was announced today. Plymouth’s director of
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5 December 2006

Hospitals told not to use C+B to manage demand

Hospitals that have been using Choose and Book to manage demand by withholding appointments slots have been ordered to stop
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5 December 2006

NHS broadband network provider wins ISO accreditation

BT has announced that its NHS New National Network service provider arm (N3SP), the unit within BT responsible for building
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5 December 2006

Medical search engine rated ‘better than Google’

A survey of over 200 GPs has found that two thirds feel that specialist search engines such as SearchMedica can be
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4 December 2006

DH rejects patient opt-out requests

The Department of Health has rejected patients’ requests to stop their information being uploaded to the NHS data spine. On
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