social care

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9 January 2006

Telecare funding allocations announced

Older people are increasingly being given the chance to live independently at home supported by telecare, according to figures from
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3 January 2006

Physio and OT telephone-based services win awards

Two telephone based systems for physiotherapy and occupational therapy have been selected as winners in the 2005 NHS health and
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13 December 2005

National children’s database gets go-ahead

The government has given the go-ahead for the creation of an electronic information sharing index containing information on all children
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29 November 2005

GPs urged to accept ETP software

GPs are to be asked to accept software for electronic transmission of prescriptions as soon as possible as part of
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21 November 2005

Key role for NCRS in dual registration

The British Medical Association (BMA) has given cautious backing to proposals to allow patients to register with two GP practices
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17 November 2005

NHS Direct proposes online social care wiki

NHS Direct could soon be setting up an online social care ‘wiki’ that would allow patients to learn from one
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10 November 2005

EHI cited by Commons Public Accounts Committee

The Department of Health director responsible for the NHS National Programme for IT was taken to task last week by
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8 November 2005

Digital geographic information deal puts NHS on the map

More than 600 NHS organisations in England are to gain direct access to the Ordnance Survey’s most detailed digital geographic
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8 November 2005

CfH to examine health and social care links

Plans to examine how links between electronic health and social care records could be made to work are to be
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3 November 2005

IT has critical role in patient safety, says watchdog

 Public service watchdog, the National Audit Office, has underlined the key role IT should play in improving patient safety not
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