Safety

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26 September 2008

DH looks at single urgent care number

The Department of Health has said that it will publish proposals for a single, national telephone number for urgent care
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26 September 2008

Data exchange needed for urgent care

Urgent and emergency care providers in England must share more data electronically if they are to improve services, the Healthcare
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23 September 2008

E-prescribing round table report

The National Programme for IT in the NHS and hospital boards should put e-prescribing at the top of their agendas
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23 September 2008

E-prescribing round table report

The acute sector can learn from primary care when it comes to deploying e-prescribing, a round table discussion has concluded.
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22 September 2008

Help patients with NHS Number – NPSA

Primary care organisations that have stopped issuing medical record cards should reinstate the practice as a way of informing patients
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22 September 2008

NHS Number Safer Practice Notice issued

The National Patient Safety Agency has urged all NHS organisations in England and Wales to use the NHS Number as
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10 September 2008

English Churches Housing Group invests in telecare

English Churches Housing Group has announced a major upgrade to its IT infrastructure to make it compatible with digital communication
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28 August 2008

JAC to distribute robotic medicines cabinets

  JAC Computer Services Ltd (JAC) has become the exclusive UK distributor of robotic medicines cabinets designed to improve medicines
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21 August 2008

60 Second Interview: Nigel Beasley

The latest 60 second interview features Nigel Beasley, the national clinical lead for hospital doctors at NHS Connecting for Health.
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20 August 2008

East Anglia trusts invest in blood tracking

Three NHS trusts in East Anglia have invested in blood tracking technology from Olympus. The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals
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