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Hospital clerk jailed for culling patient data

A hospital worker from Northern Ireland who collected information from the patient records of politicians, senior military and police personnel,
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Doctors’ support for NPfIT tailing off, says survey

A new survey has revealed that doctors’ support for the aims of the national programme has fallen to 54% from
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Support for Read Codes to end in 18 months

The NHS Terminology Service has announced that the maintenance of Read Codes is to end on 31st December, 2005, to
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Communications boss appointed by national programme

The National Programme for IT finally has a communications director, after an on-off-on search that began early last year. The
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South Tees NHS Trust buys spinal injuries record system

The North of England Regional Spinal Cord Injuries Centre at The James Cook University Hospital, Middlesborough, part of South Tees
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Innovative System for Enabling IT Access for Students

A London mental health trust has set up an innovative system for allowing nursing students to have access to patient
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Ayr Hospital Uses Tablets for Prescribing

Ayrshire and Arran Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is leading the development of hospital e-prescribing in the Scottish NHS. One of
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Patient Letters: Do We Really Need More Research?

Two leading doctors have challenged the need for further research and pilots on the NHS Plan’s pledge to give patients
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