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24 December 2007

Opposition calls for rethink on data storage

The debate over healthcare data security took a political turn as the opposition called on the government to change its
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21 December 2007

PCTs must roll-out summary records in 2008-09

PCT IM&T plans for the next financial year must include the roll-out of the Summary Care Record and the full
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19 December 2007

Heart check-ups by phone offered over Christmas

Over 100 GP practices in the North West of England will be offering patients heart check-ups over the phone during
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18 December 2007

A work in progress

EHI Primary Care editor Fiona Barr looks back on the developments during 2007 and shape of things to come in
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18 December 2007

Birmingham PCT to extend telecare to 27,000

A PCT plans to expand its telephone-based care management programme, from 2000 to 27,000 patients, following the results from the
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18 December 2007

PCTs to lead on NHS IMandT development

The NHS operating framework for 2008-2009 says that in the coming year local NHS organisations will be expected to build
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17 December 2007

NHS London orders data transfer review

All deliveries of patient information in London have been halted, and the chief executive of NHS London has begun a
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17 December 2007

Atos Healthcare takes over its first medical centre

Atos Healthcare is to take over its first medical centre in the UK in February 2008. The St Paul’s Way
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14 December 2007

Immediate NHS data security review ordered

NHS chief executive David Nicholson has written to all NHS trust chief executives instructing them to immediately review and tighten
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13 December 2007

Walsall and Hull begin mass telehealth deployment

Walsall PCT and Hull PCT have begun large-scale deployments of telehealth equipment from Tunstall to monitor people with chronic obstructive
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