Public health

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21 February 2007

NHS Direct Wales launch new website

NHS Direct Wales have launched a new website, after research indicated that two-thirds of the country use the internet for
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21 December 2006

NICE announces implementation guidance databases

Two new online databases have been launched by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) to help support
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11 December 2006

IC and Newchurch partner to provide info services

The Information Centre for health and social care has announced a new partnership with commercial health information consultancy, Newchurch. The
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31 October 2006

NHS data ‘not accurate enough’ to assess doctors

NHS hospital episode data is not accurate enough to monitor individual doctors’ performance, according to a pilot study conducted by
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28 September 2006

MHRA target UK illegal drug websites

  The Medicines Healthcare and Regulatory Authority have conducted raids on five UK-based websites thought to be selling unlicensed or
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26 September 2006

Fewer flights

Identifying "frequent flyers" - patients at high risk of emergency admission - will soon be possible thanks to a new
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24 July 2006

CMO highlights e-health initiatives

A new programme using e-mail alerts, chat rooms and on-line notice boards has been developed to fight “consistently high” levels
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13 July 2006

Troubled child health system to be replaced

NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) looks set to replace an interim child health information system deployed in London last year and
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4 July 2006

More problems with London child health software

The Health Protection Agency has strongly criticised the interim child health systems used by ten primary care trusts in London
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3 July 2006

Sealed envelope safety risk raised by BMA

Doctors have raised concerns that Connecting for Health proposals to allow patients to hide some information in sealed envelopes puts
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