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21 July 2008

Scottish GPs to prescribe telephone therapy

The Scottish government has issued £3m funding for a three year pilot study on the effects of telephone and online-based
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18 July 2008

Shropshire PCT implements electronic safety alerts

Shropshire County PCT has implemented the Datix Safety Alerts system to notify staff when any clinical incident happens. The Datix
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17 July 2008

GPs shape the future of health IT

In the latest column from NHS Connecting for Health, Peter Short, one of the agency’s national clinical leads for GPs,
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17 July 2008

Nine in ten patients satisfied with GP access

Nearly nine in ten patients are satisfied with their ability to get through to their GP practice on the telephone,
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15 July 2008

New website lets patients rate doctors

Dr Neil Bacon founder of www.iWantGreatCare.org A website has been launched that allows patients to rate individual GPs and hospital
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15 July 2008

HealthSpace set for big expansion

HealthSpace, the government’s secure online site for patients, is to be expanded to include shared records and GP appointment booking,
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14 July 2008

NHS Choices £80m contract award imminent

The Department of Health is this week expected to announce the winner of the three-year, £80m contract to run NHS
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14 July 2008

NHS Choices publishes long term conditions guides

A series of online NHS health guides for people with long term conditions has been launched on the NHS Choices
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11 July 2008

BMA rejects call to ‘abandon’ Choose and Book

The BMA has rejected demands to abandon Choose and Book if it cannot be made fit for purpose within a
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9 July 2008

Darzi’s report for the digital generation

The final report of the Next Stage Review of the English NHS sees technology-driven change as one of the challenges
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