NHS Direct

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3 October 2007

Austria named best healthcare system in the EU

Austria has the best healthcare service in the European Union, a survey by watchdog Health Consumer Powerhouse has found. The
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20 September 2007

IT underpins development of NHS Direct

NHS Direct is banking on new technology to help deliver better services and cope with record levels of demand, Joe
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8 August 2007

Norwegian 24-hour telephone advice launched

  Norway’s Norsk Helse Telefon 24 (NHT24) a private provider of telephone triage services to Norway and other Scandinavian countries
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17 July 2007

It’s all about access

David Baker, MD of Clinical Solutions, tells Jon Hoeksma, that his company's strategy is based on providing the means to
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10 July 2007

BT encourages trusts to use its conferencing service

Working across the UK health sector BT is helping to save millions of pounds each year as more and more
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29 June 2007

Talking web pages introduced on NHS Direct

NHS Direct has agreed a deal with Brousealoud.com, specialists in reading web pages aloud for people who find it difficult
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22 June 2007

BMA calls for inquiry into NHS Direct referrals

The British Medical Association has called for an inquiry into the NHS’s information and advice service, NHS Direct, claiming it
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21 June 2007

Portugal launches health advice helpline

The Portuguese National Health Service has launched a new national health helpline, which will use the same technology as the NHS
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10 May 2007

NHS Direct launch interactive videos on Sky

NHS Direct are launching new ‘life education’ videos on their Sky Digital interactive service tackling issues including anger management and
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20 April 2007

Northern Doctors Urgent Care deploys new OOH system

Over 1.2 million patients in Northumberland, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside and South Tyneside should benefit from better out of
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