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Data exchange needed for urgent care

Urgent and emergency care providers in England must share more data electronically if they are to improve services, the Healthcare
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DH backs away from 084 telephone ban

The Department of Health has no immediate plans to ban use of 084 numbers in the NHS, health minister Ben
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Testing, testing

Informing Healthcare has opened new research laboratories in Swansea. Lyn Whitfield paid them a visit.
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Mid-Yorkshire earns £80,000 from 0844 number

A hospital trust has revealed that it has made more than £80,000 from use of a 0844 telephone number over
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Hopsitals’ 084 numbers makes trust £80,000

GP practices and hospitals may face increased pressure over use of 084 telephone numbers following a revelation from a hospital
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NHS Direct says it has no 0845 plans

NHS Direct has said it has no plans to switch its premium rate 0845 telephone number to a standard rate
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NHS Direct wins award for prescription pilot

NHS Direct’s Evelina Children’s Hospital information prescription pilot project has been awarded the 2008 Ask About Medicines Award for ‘Excellence
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BT and the NHS at 60

The NHS was born 60 years ago. Computers are a more recent invention but technology is about more than computers,
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60 Second Interview: Murray Bain

In his latest 60 second interview with the people who make NHS computing work, Joe Fernandez talks to Murray Bain,
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NHS Direct chooses partners for local care

NHS Direct has selected Pfizer Health Solutions and Humana Europe as its key partners in extending telephone-based care management services
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