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1 July 2008

NHS Choices gets central role in future health

The DH's flagship website has been given a central role in Lord Darzi’s plans for reforming the health service in
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1 July 2008

Data accreditation completed for 800 practices

Just over 800 GP practices have now had their data accredited as part of the directed enhanced service for IM&T.
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30 June 2008

Darzi review stresses choice and information

Greater choice, better information and a legal duty for strategic health authorities to promote innovation are key themes of the
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30 June 2008

EMIS and INPS plan integrated IT system

Leading GP system suppliers EMIS and INPS are to join forces with out-of-hours IT supplier Adastra to develop an integrated
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30 June 2008

Scottish GPs to get choice of systems

The Scottish government is to set up a national framework contract for GP systems and launch a procurement for an
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30 June 2008

Kent and Medway use COIN for cardiac care

Kent informatics staff at Darent Valley A new Community of Interest Network (COIN) at Kent and Medway is helping cardiac
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27 June 2008

Tories promise NHS information revolution

The Conservative Party has promised an “information revolution” in the NHS with a focus on health outcomes.
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26 June 2008

Your Champion – Dr Mike Bainbridge

Healthcare ICT Champion of the Year 2007, Dr Mike Bainbridge, clinical architect at Connecting for Health.
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26 June 2008

QRisk2 helps to predict risk of heart attacks

Researchers have used anonymised GP records to develop a new method for assessing whether people are at risk from cardiovascular
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25 June 2008

DrThom makes the pill available online

Women can now purchase the contraceptive pill using the online medical service, DrThom without having to go to a doctor.
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