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PbR held back by NHS data failures

A new report into the progress of Payment by Results (PbR) has concluded that problems with the quality and timeliness of
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Private GP providers’ technology

The private providers winning contracts to run general practices have information technology close to the top of their agendas, Fiona
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PCTs to sign-up practices by default to GPSoC

Connecting for Health has told PCTs to sign up GP practices for GP Systems of Choice without getting explicit consent
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EHI’s industry news roundup 01.02.08

E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 1 February 2008, featuring supplier news, product launches, awards and
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GP2GP reaches 3,000 practices milestone

Over 3,000 practices are now able to transfer patient records electronically using GP2GP software upgrades, Connecting for Health has announced.
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Use of Choose and Book hits 50 percent

The online NHS patient appointment booking service Choose and Book is being used for about 50% of referrals according to
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Choose and Book to list private hospitals

The next version of Choose and Book software will list all available hospitals, regardless of whether they are public or
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Hospitals block appointments with C+B

Hospitals are using Choose and Book to block patients making appointments so they can meet their waiting time targets, according
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Countdown to the 18 week wait

By December 2008 all non-urgent NHS patients should start their hospital treatment within 18 weeks of referral, a major challenge
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System user groups launch GP choice campaign

Five GP system national user groups have launched a campaign to support GPs’ right to IT system choice. The five
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