7 June 2006

Communication problems beset 7 July response

The emergency services and the London Ambulance Service in particular need to review its communication strategies and equipment in order
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6 June 2006

Three PCTs decline London’s ‘interim’ community system

Three primary care trusts in London have declined to take the ‘interim’ RiO community system being offered by BT due
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6 June 2006

Don’t panic about June C+B deadline, GPs told

GPs’ lead negotiator on IT has advised GPs not to worry about the June target for Choose and Book in
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6 June 2006

Fujitsu plans next four go-lives in South by August

The dates for further NHS sites to go live with new Cerner clinical systems from Fujitsu under the NHS National
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6 June 2006

Virgin to upgrade telemedicine across fleet

Virgin Atlantic is to install telemedicine equipment on board all of its aircraft after signing a deal with British hardware
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5 June 2006

Not all patients exercise choice, claims study

The government’s choice agenda risks increasing inequalities because some groups of patients are more heavily influenced by clinical performance than
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5 June 2006

Nuffield’s IT upgrade lengthened waiting times

Details of the problems caused by the implementation of a new computer system at Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxfordshire, were yesterday
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2 June 2006

IBM to develop pandemic software with WHO

IBM’s research division has announced that they are to collaborate with the World Health Organisation in supplying software to help
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2 June 2006

Senior GPs say CfH response on security ‘encouraging’

The two senior GP representatives in the UK are writing to GP practices to outline “the encouraging response” they have
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1 June 2006

Targetting cancer

Acute trusts are successfully developing their own software and work practices to deal with the 62-day cancer waiting times target.
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