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Cyber patients cause GPs anxiety

GPs feel anxious when patients bring information from the internet to a consultation, but are developing strategies to overcome their
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100 polyclinics to shake-up London

NHS London has set out a five year strategy for overhauling healthcare in the capital that includes plans to move care out of
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Swine flu line to close

The National Pandemic Flu Service is to close in a fortnight, the Department of Health has announced. The DH has
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Pharmacists given tight IG deadlines

Community pharmacists in England have been given until the end of March to assess their compliance with NHS Connecting for
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King’s Fund warns on quality measures

Greater use of quality indicators in the NHS could be a powerful tool to improve care, but could also lead
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My diagnosis on NHSmail

Our GP columnist Dr Neil Paul tries out NHSmail and finds that while there is room for improvement he is
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BMA wants tech to save boundaries

The introduction of videophones and webcams in GP surgeries would be a better way of improving patient access than scrapping
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RiO to be integrated with EMIS and INPS

Community and mental health system supplier CSE Healthcare Systems has announced that its RiO system is to be integrated with
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SmokingPackYears.com now multi-lingual

A UK GP has created a multi-language version of his website which offers a smoking pack years calculator for clinicians
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First Welsh practice live with IHR

The first GP practice and out-of-hours service in Wales has gone live with Informing Healthcare’s new Individual Health Record solution.
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