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3 October 2006

Half of PCT IT staff left in the dark over mergers

A telephone poll of newly merged primary care trusts by EHI Primary Care has revealed that almost half of the 40
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28 September 2006

High scores on QoF, but wait for exception reporting

Almost one in ten GP practices earned maximum points from last year’s Quality and Outcomes Framework according to data published
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27 September 2006

Patients cannot remember C+B referral options

A total of 80% of patients in Selby and York Primary Care Trust claimed they were not offered a choice
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26 September 2006

CfH changes tack on GP Systems of Choice

NHS Connecting for Health has decided to go out to tender for suppliers to take part in GP Systems of
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26 September 2006

Fewer flights

Identifying "frequent flyers" - patients at high risk of emergency admission - will soon be possible thanks to a new
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26 September 2006

Hosted INPS and iSoft accredited by CfH

Two hosted GP practice systems have so far received accreditation from NHS Connecting for Health. INPS Vision 3 Enterprise edition,
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25 September 2006

QFLU to provide daily information

A national data collection system for flu involving nearly 3,000 UK practices will now provide information on a daily basis
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25 September 2006

Some N3 links ‘too slow for Choose and Book’

A fanfare for the near completion of the new NHS network, N3, has been met with complaints that some GP
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22 September 2006

EMIS to pilot GP records access via BlackBerry

GP computer supplier EMIS is to pilot GP access to patient records via a BlackBerry mobile device from next month.
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20 September 2006

NPfIT systems failing repeatedly

More than 110 major incident failures have been reported by hospitals and GPs over the past four months relating to
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