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20 January 2010

NHS Oldham cuts power and carbon costs

NHS Oldham has announced that it expects to save £41,000 from its annual energy costs thanks to energy efficient IT
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19 January 2010

Call for Toolkit discharge standards

NHS Connecting for Health has invited suppliers to help develop and test standards for electronic discharge summaries in an extension
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19 January 2010

NIGB issues guide to changing records

The Department of Health is to drop its advice that patients unhappy with their health record must make a formal
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18 January 2010

NHS North East Essex set to launch SCR

NHS North East Essex is launching its Summary Care Record programme this week and 12 other primary care trusts in
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15 January 2010

No action against doc who accessed ECS

A hospital doctor accused of accessing the Emergency Care Summary records of high profile politicians, footballers and BBC journalists will
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14 January 2010

GP cancer tool ‘a work in progress’

Dr Willie Hamilton, a GP and expert in cancer diagnosis from Bristol University, talks to Fiona Barr about the computer
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13 January 2010

GPC enters the fray on 084 numbers

GP practices can continue to use 084 numbers if they obtain confirmation from their supplier that they are no more
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11 January 2010

Answers to EHI’s quiz of the year

See how you fared in our quiz of 2009.
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8 January 2010

More EPS R2 sites being planned

More sites are due to go live with Release 2 of the Electronic Prescription Service over the next few weeks,
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6 January 2010

NHS Direct has busiest Xmas ever

More than 850,000 people accessed NHS Direct’s telephone and online services over the festive period, making it the helpline’s busiest
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