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CSC helps cut patient referral times

A new strategic patient administration system  installed at a primary care trust in North Manchester has helped to slash the time taken for new
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New version of C+B supports ‘extended’ choice

GPs are expected to offer patients the option to choose from a national menu of NHS hospitals and private providers
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Contract negotiations underway for system choice

Contracts have been sent to GP system suppliers due to taking part in the ‘system choice’ initiative for GPs and negotiations are taking place on a
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GPC concerned over local C+B implementation problems

Local implementation problems could cause practices to miss the next targets for Choose and Book but GPs should not lose
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Meet the suppliers: Healthy Software

E-Health Insider meets one GP system supplier which has adapted to the National Programme for IT by reinventing itself.
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Free online therapy for Trafford residents

Trafford PCT, in collaboration with the local metropolitan council, is to start offering free online cognitive behaviour therapy to all
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Ambulance trusts join map data sharing deal

Ambulance trusts in England will now have the opportunity to share geographical data with other trusts as part of a
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PCTs register a third of pharmacists for smartcards

Around one in three community pharmacists have been registered to use a smartcard to use the electronic prescription service (EPS)
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GPC agrees IT infrastructure funding guidance

Clinical system servers, workstations, printers, back-up devices and network infrastructure are among a list of core items practices can expect
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PCTs urged to move C+B from centres to practices

Primary care trusts are being encouraged to dismantle referral management centres that handle Choose and Book so that the work
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