20 May 2004

Half of all NHS agencies to be abolished or merged

Up to 5,000 NHS jobs are set to be cut later today in a purge of NHS bureaucracy, with up
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19 May 2004

Videoconferencing lets clinic supervise babies at home

A paediatric cardiology clinic in Belfast has claimed to be the first in the world to pilot ISDN videoconferencing to enable sick children to stay
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18 May 2004

NTA introduces live vacancy search into national database

The National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse has improved their online residential rehabilitation database by including the ability to search
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18 May 2004

New PCT monitoring software unveiled

Performance Investigator, a web-enabled analysis tool that runs over NHSNet, is to replace OSCAR and Organisation HealthCheck as the standard
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17 May 2004

GP systems need to improve safety features, says NPSA

The safety features of computing systems currently in use in about three quarters of UK general practices have clinically important
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13 May 2004

EMIS announces new Alerts Manager

Primary care solutions supplier, EMIS, has announced the launch of a new alerts management system that notifies GPs of actions
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12 May 2004

Scottish GPs say GPASS is failing doctors

GPs in Scotland have warned the Scottish Executive that the official Scotland-wide IT system for general practice, GPASS, is failing
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12 May 2004

Mixed picture for IT directors in primary care

Over 50% of primary care trusts (PCT) surveyed in a recent poll had an IT director, though the vast majority
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11 May 2004

NPfIT claims discounts of up to 80% on PACS

The National Programme for IT (NPfIT) has stated that discounts of up to 80% have been secured in its negotiations with picture
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11 May 2004

Parents are ‘cautious’ internet users

Parents use the internet cautiously to find out about their children’s health problems and electronic information does not undermine their
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