9 February 2007

Health Select Committee outlines NPfIT inquiry

The House of Commons Health Committee has announced details of what it intends to look into as part of its
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9 February 2007

Patients can carry records on secure smartcard

Patients in London can now have their medical histories handy wherever they are, by uploading them onto a new USB
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8 February 2007

BT hits 18,000 N3 connections ahead of schedule

BT has announced that it has successfully reached the 18,000 N3 broadband connections across the NHS, hitting its milestone two months ahead of
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8 February 2007

BMA calls for better OOH information for patients

The BMA has criticised the NHS Direct service for failing to point patients in the right direction for when they
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8 February 2007

Liverpool integrates walk-in centres with PCT database

Liverpool’s walk-in centres are to be electronically linked together to one central database to be viewed and accessed by all
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8 February 2007

Kodak Health to be renamed Carestream Health

Eastman Kodak Health Group will be renamed Carestream Health Inc once the sale of the company to Canada’s Onex Corporation
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7 February 2007

Software helps Bucks cope with rising support calls

Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust has implemented a new support call service to meet increased demand following the deployment of its
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6 February 2007

Bedford Hospital using C+B to manage demand, GPs claim

Bedford Hospital is rejecting GP referrals not made through Choose and Book in an attempt to manage demand for its
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6 February 2007

NAO criticises Ā£12m Dr Foster Intelligence deal

The National Audit Office has criticised the Information Centre for striking a £12m deal without going out to tender to create Dr
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6 February 2007

Security concerns hit Scottish cervical cytology system

The roll-out of a national cervical cytology screening system for Scotland could be delayed after GPs discovered that practice staff
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