20 July 2005

Almost all NHS staff happy with ECDL

A new British Computer Society survey has found extremely high levels of satisfaction among NHS staff with the European Computer Driving
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20 July 2005

Ambulance services get digital radios

 The Department of Health has awarded a contract for a new digital radio and communication system for all NHS ambulance
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19 July 2005

£80m telecare grant to shape new care patterns

An £80m grant to shape new patterns of social care using telecare has been announced by the Department of Health
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19 July 2005

Red rose rising

EHI Primary Care talks to Lancashire Care NHS Trust, the first mental health trust in England to receive a PAS
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19 July 2005

Information systems needed for commissioning

Primary care trusts and practices need to urgently discuss how they can develop information systems to support practice-based commissioning according
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19 July 2005

Go live for indirectly bookable services

Wandsworth and Tower Hamlets PCTs in London have gone live with indirectly bookable services (IBS) – the system that enables acute
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19 July 2005

IPPR calls for electronic health record education

  The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has called for the introduction of IT training for socially excluded sections
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18 July 2005

CliniSys acquires European LIMS leader

Pathology software solutions provider, CliniSys, has acquired MIPS, one of the largest and most successful suppliers of laboratory information management
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18 July 2005

Increase seen in patient booking calls

The call centre set up to deal with Choose and Book appointments is beginning to receive a small number of
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18 July 2005

Choose and Book work agreed with McKesson

Health IT specialist, McKesson has signed a framework agreement with NHS Connecting for Health for upgrade work to enable trusts using the
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