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2 February 2006

Cyber carers

Colin Jervis investigates whether robot medics will ever evolve to the same level as their flesh-and-blood counterparts, in his second
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2 February 2006

Bush renews call for more use of healthcare IT

Health information technology advocates are hailing another call by US President George W. Bush for greater use of IT in
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31 January 2006

‘Plymouth’ offered as an interim solution

Connecting for Health has shelved plans to provide NHS acute trusts across three regions in England with an integrated, strategic
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23 January 2006

CfH due for restructuring in DH shuffle

NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) has signalled that it will undergo restructuring later this year as part of a wider
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18 January 2006

GP says C+B not economic for his practice

A GP has claimed the newly-announced incentives on offer for Choose and Book will still make it uneconomical for his
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10 January 2006

Doctors critical of NPfIT costs, survey finds

Doctors believe the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) could provide valuable benefits to clinical care in the long term, but
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4 January 2006

UCLH plays smart with cards

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) has become one of the first big hospital trusts in England to
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23 December 2005

AxSys wins major Scottish system contract

 AxSys Technologies has been named as the successful bidder in NHSScotland’s national generic clinical system (GCS) procurement. The Clydebank-based company will deliver
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8 December 2005

N3 connections needed say community pharmacists

Lack of access to smartcards and the N3 network by community pharmacists is jeopardising the roll out of the electronic
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7 December 2005

Cancer network claims time saved by teleconferencing

The Surrey, West Sussex and Hampshire (SWSH) Cancer Network has upgraded its videoconferencing systems to allow members to collaborate without
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