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No National Flu Line until autumn

A telephone and web-based National Flu Line service to offer advice and authorise access to antiviral medicines in the event
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Team spirit

At last year’s BT e-Health Insider Awards, a virtual team won team of the year, sponsored by NHS Connecting for
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Insider View: Michael Cross

The Database Report had some great points to make. Pity they were hidden by its errors, says Michael Cross.
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Clinical Solutions partners with Fujitsu in Spain

Fujitsu and Clinical Solutions have announced a partnership to improve access to healthcare advice and services in Spain. Under the
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Planning for pandemic flu

Clinical Solutions is helping to lay the foundations for coping with an outbreak of pandemic flu. Sarah Bruce reports.
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Online services feel crunchers’ pain

A dedicated NHS Direct telephone line and more information on NHS Choices will be set up as part of a
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Patient and citizen involvement

The runners up in the best use of ICT in patient and citizen involvement category of last year’s BT e-Health
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Teenage clicks

At last year’s BT e-Health Insider awards, NHS Choices won the best use of ICT in patient and citizen involvement
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Contraceptives advice online

NHS Direct has launched an online emergency contraceptive advice tool. The Contraception Checker aims to deal with enquiries about emergency
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NHS Direct takes 250,000 festive calls

NHS Direct received more than a quarter of a million calls over the Christmas and New Year break, an increase
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