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4 January 2006

One PCT qualified for Choose and Book payment

Durham Dales Primary Care Trust has been confirmed as the only PCT in England to qualify for the second stage
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2 January 2006

Choice without C&B

The patient choice agenda is going ahead despite delays in rollout of electronic bookings over Choose and Book, E-Health Insider
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21 December 2005

Graphnet says 45 PCTs now using Xtract

Graphnet Health has announced that 45 primary care trusts in England are in the process of implementing its data extraction
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20 December 2005

GP contract IM&T incentives announced

GPs are to be offered incentives worth up to £70m in total across England to embrace NHS information and management
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20 December 2005

IT services commitment to GPs downgraded

A forthcoming document on the level of IT service practices can expect from primary care organisations has been downgraded from
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20 December 2005

One PCT may have met October C+B target

A primary care trust is hoping it will be able to claim the second £100,000 incentive payment for Choose and
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19 December 2005

SMS appointment reminders get language boost

A GP practice in south London which is using text messaging to send out appointment reminders to its patients will soon
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16 December 2005

Pharmacists call for GP booking facility

  Pharmacy representatives are calling for a ‘Choose and Book’ style system to be set up between pharmacies and GP
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13 December 2005

Training on the go

Dr Neil Bacon, founder of Doctors.net.uk, on the benefits of online training and how a programme funded by the HPA
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13 December 2005

National children’s database gets go-ahead

The government has given the go-ahead for the creation of an electronic information sharing index containing information on all children
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