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9 August 2005

Half of C+B hospitals use indirectly bookable services

Over half the hospitals using Choose and Book are using Indirectly Bookable Services (IBS), according to the latest figures from
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8 August 2005

High level QOF data release delayed

An early release of provisional high-level Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF) data for GP practices in England on 5 August has
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4 August 2005

Choose and Book workload lifted for Somerset GPs

GPs in Somerset and Dorset have been told they will not need to carry out their own referrals using Choose
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2 August 2005

PCT mergers look set to disrupt IT plans

IT departments of NHS organisations are beginning to feel the impact of plans to shake-up the structure of the health
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2 August 2005

New QMAS software will focus on excluded patients

Changes to the payments software for the Quality and Outcomes Framework mean practices and primary care trusts will be able
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2 August 2005

King’s Fund calls for technology use in chronic care

A King’s Fund report into the management of long-term conditions has called for PCTs to put more emphasis on using
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19 July 2005

Red rose rising

EHI Primary Care talks to Lancashire Care NHS Trust, the first mental health trust in England to receive a PAS
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19 July 2005

Information systems needed for commissioning

Primary care trusts and practices need to urgently discuss how they can develop information systems to support practice-based commissioning according
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19 July 2005

Go live for indirectly bookable services

Wandsworth and Tower Hamlets PCTs in London have gone live with indirectly bookable services (IBS) – the system that enables acute
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18 July 2005

Increase seen in patient booking calls

The call centre set up to deal with Choose and Book appointments is beginning to receive a small number of
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