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PCT’s e-mail error leaks patient details

A full investigation is underway into an e-mail error that led to confidential information about 92 patients being distributed from
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Review of Connecting for Health imminent

Gordon Hextall, chief operating officer of NHS Connecting for Health has revealed that a review of the NHS National Programme
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PCT chiefs warn on reconfiguration plans

41% of primary care trust chief executives think that the planned reconfiguration of their organisations will have a negative effect on
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London trusts go for IP telephony

Matrix Communications has won two large-scale contracts worth around £1m to provide new Mitel IP telephony (IPT) solutions to four
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Record-keeping weakest link in QoF scores

The worst performing indicator group in the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QoF) last year was records and information, according to
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GP2GP transfer to pilot next month in Gateshead

Nine practices in Gateshead PCT are to become the first in England to pilot GP2GP transfer of records next month.
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Over 1,000 new NHS IT systems deployed

Connecting for Health (CfH), the Department of Health’s IT agency, has said that just over 1,000 system deployments had been made in the
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North Cumbria PCTs get community PAS

Three primary care trusts in North Cumbria have begun implementation of new community PAS systems that connect with the NHS data
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PCTs await C+B incentive payment decisions

A straw poll taken by EHI Primary Care has revealed an enthusiastic take-up among PCTs of the Department of Health’s
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Crossed wires

Despite a bumpy start, the first booking made with IBS over Choose and Book in Wandsworth was a success, EHI
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