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24 June 2008

CfH awards encryption contracts to three suppliers

Three GP system suppliers have signed a deal with Connecting for Health (CfH) to supply back up tape encryption services
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24 June 2008

NLH to close clinical answers website

The National Library for Health (NLH) is to close its online clinical question and answer service this week despite protests
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20 June 2008

Patient information easily obtained by phone

A team of doctors has warned that confidential patient information can be easily obtained from GP practices over the telephone
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18 June 2008

CfH boss says NHS IT programme an ‘expedition’

The NHS IT programme is not a “programme of paint by numbers” but more of an “expedition” according to Gordon
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17 June 2008

Nicholson says C+B use not based on payments

NHS chief executive David Nicholson last night said that use of Choose and Book remains disappointingly low but has become
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17 June 2008

LMCs call for more recognition of QoF

GP representatives at the BMA’s local medical committees conference have called on the government to place more recognition on the
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17 June 2008

Creating a master guide to NHS websites

In his latest column GP Dr Neil Paul offers some suggestions to make it easier to find NHS information.
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17 June 2008

Less than one in twenty patients use NHS Choices

A total of 4% of patients used the NHS Choices website as a source of information to choose their hospital
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16 June 2008

GPs vote to halt Care Record Service development

GP representatives overwhelmingly backed a motion to call a halt to development of the NHS Care Records Service at the
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12 June 2008

Lorenzo likely to be further delayed

The deployment of Lorenzo release 1 to three early adopter sites is likely to be further delayed, E-Health Insider has
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