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Patient’s awareness of treatment choices stalls

The latest national patient choice survey shows little growth in awareness of the government’s flagship policy on choice with less
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Swindon takes telehealth to mainstream

Swindon PCT has mainstreamed its telehealth service, the fourth to do so in the last six months. The PCT is
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How CfH could make my day

In his latest column grassroots GP Dr Neil Paul offers suggestions to Connecting for Health on making GPs’ lives easier.
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Slight increase in satisfaction with PBC data quality

GPs have become marginally more satisfied with the quality of the data they receive for practice-based commissioning over the past
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Wirral PCT faces local data privacy backlash

Wirral Primary Care Trust has delayed plans to introduce a telephone support service provided by a US contractor, after a
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iPLATO lets patients update records automatically

Patients of the Bush Doctors and Richford Gate Medical Practice in Hammersmith and Fulham Primary Care Trust will soon receive
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How the web threatens GP reputations

Lawyer Magnus Boyd argues that ratings websites can destroy doctors’ reputations in the time it takes to send an e-mail.
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CfH plans to extend practice IT support hours

NHS Connecting for Health has announced plans to extend the support hours provided by GP IT suppliers to cover extended
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Choice on the buses

Solihull NHS Care Trust and Birmingham East and North Primary Care Trust have launched a four month advertising campaign for
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Further role for NHS Choices in DES guidance

Patients will be able to check whether their GP practice meets national data accreditation standards via NHS Choices, according to
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