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14 December 2007

DH telecare demonstrator trials to start work

Small scale trials for the Department of Health’s Whole System Long Term Conditions Demonstrator Programme are to begin in the
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13 December 2007

New e-health strategy planned for Scotland

A new e-health strategy for Scotland in spring 2008 is promised in a national healthcare action plan, Better Health, Better
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13 December 2007

Walsall and Hull begin mass telehealth deployment

Walsall PCT and Hull PCT have begun large-scale deployments of telehealth equipment from Tunstall to monitor people with chronic obstructive
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11 December 2007

CfH tells PCT it can’t mandate LSP solution

Connecting for Health has prevented a PCT from insisting that GP practices signed up to GP Systems of Choice (GPSoC)
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11 December 2007

DH offers guidance on GP patient survey

The Department of Health has issued guidance to GP practices on how its £10m survey on GP patient access and
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6 December 2007

Dear NPfIT…

Respondents to the recent Medix survey added comments to their answers. Linda Davidson sifted their views.
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6 December 2007

Concern over use of post for patient records

Two PCTs send GP patient records in the regular post when patients move practice if the patients live just outside
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5 December 2007

Commission calls for better use of information

High-quality information about patients’ care should be used better to measure how well providers are performing, the Healthcare Commission has
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5 December 2007

Bradford named as fifth early adopter for SCR

Four GP practices in Bradford and Airedale PCT are to become the fifth early adopter site for the Summary Care
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4 December 2007

DH to award £80m contract for NHS Choices

The Department of Health has gone out to tender to find a new supplier to run the NHS Choices patient
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