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RCGP ethics committee recommends opt-in for NCRS

The ethics committee of the Royal College of GPs has recommended that patients must have the right to opt-in to
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Renal patients get online records

Health minister Rosie Winterton is to unveil a new site for renal patients that will allow them to manage their
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ETP should be fully operational by end of 2007

Electronic transmission of prescriptions (ETP) will be deployed over two releases and should be fully operational by the end of
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Scottish GPs choose to lose GPASS

Large numbers of practices have indicated that they want to move away from the Scottish GP computer system GPASS as
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Private hospitals sign Choose and Book deal

The largest provider of private hospital services in the UK has signed a deal for e-booking software that will be
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NHS 24 report calls for radical review of helpline

A radical review of Scotland’s health helpline NHS 24 has recommended using the new volume predictive technology to ensure the
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Listening exercise shows support for central database

Support for the idea of a central NHS database and a desire for more ‘joined up’ social and health care
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IT training in core of proposed GP curriculum

Information management and technology should be a core part of the curriculum for training GPs, a blueprint on GP education
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QFLU will keep tabs on flu cases

Hundreds of GPs across Britain have signed up to contribute daily reports on flu cases to a new database that
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Two lines to combat GP cynicism – Jeavons

Connecting for Health’s director of service implementation, Richard Jeavons, has attributed GP cynicism about IT modernisation to the newspapes and
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