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22 May 2003

Hammersmith & Fulham Integrate Care Electronically

Nationally, health and social services suffer from a lack of integrated IT systems. However, a few local authorities have started
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19 May 2003

E-Booking Project Reaches Short-List

The procurement process for an NHS electronic bookings system reached a key milestone last week when bidders for the £40-50
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8 May 2003

Basque GPs Suspended over Centralised Data Protest

Two GPs from the Basque Country in northern Spain have been suspended without pay, apparently for refusing to use a
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1 May 2003

Healthcare IT and Devolution

The health services in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland were detached from the English mother ship as part of devolution.
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15 April 2003

NHS Direct “Will More than Double” by 2006

NHS Direct is set to more than double in size, handling 16 million calls by 2006. The service is also
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1 April 2003

HC 2003 – Pick of the Product and Service News

Healthcare Computing is a traditional launch pad for healthcare IT products and services and the industry did not disappoint this
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20 March 2003

First Anniversary for National IT Programme

Birthday greetings to the NHS National IT Programme! It’s 12 months since a new centrally-driven plan for transforming the NHS
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20 March 2003

IBM and Newchurch to build ICRS demonstrator

A contract has been awarded to IBM and Newchurch to develop a prototype primary care shared clinical information service for
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13 March 2003

Medical Records Found on Memory Stick

An incident in which a Cheshire estate agent found a memory stick she had bought contained confidential clinical records has
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12 March 2003

Modernisation Board Says NHS Plan On Track

The NHS Modernisation Board has published a mixed progress report on the ten-year NHS modernisation programme. The report highlights continuing
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