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3 April 2006

NHS Direct staff could face job cuts

Jobs at NHS Direct may be cut by up to a third, and nurses replaced by non-medical call centre operatives,
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27 February 2006

Technology ‘should be used in long term conditions’

Technology should be used in several ways to help people who have long-term conditions care for themselves, although caution must
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31 January 2006

White paper outlines IT role in community services

Patients will be able to complete an online self-assessment of their health and send it electronically to their GP to
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13 January 2006

Traffic doubles on new NHS24 website

The Scottish health helpline NHS24 has set up a new-look website with health advice and doubled the number of hits
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30 December 2005

Bumper Christmas for NHS Direct

NHS Direct has had its busiest ever Christmas, with a record number of people using both the telephone and online
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22 November 2005

Birmingham PCTs sign up for Pfizer self-care project

Two PCTs in Birmingham are to be the first in the UK to implement a community self-care project in which patients
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17 November 2005

NHS Direct proposes online social care wiki

NHS Direct could soon be setting up an online social care ‘wiki’ that would allow patients to learn from one
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28 October 2005

Online asthma guide launched

New online patient guides to asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have been launched by the Medicines Information Project,
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25 October 2005

Comms strategy must be tested for emergencies

Every NHS organisation must test their communication strategy twice a year in order to ensure readiness for major incidents, according
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16 September 2005

West Midland Ambulance Service upgrades network

West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) has implemented a fully managed private network from Telewest Business, which for the first time
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