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SCR evaluation costs Ā£1m
Health minister Mike OāBrien has revealed that University College London will be paid very nearly Ā£1m for its evaluations of the Summary Care Record and HealthSpace.
Think-tank calls for self-service NHS
A think tank has called for people to be given the option to register with the NHS nationally rather than with a GP in order to speed up the adoption of online services.
Online patient engagement tool launched
An online tool has been launched by the Department of Health to enable doctors to access hundreds of pieces of research on how to engage patients in healthcare.
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NDL trusts showcase their apps
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has created a range of mobile apps for its
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Care.data delayed
NHS England has announced a delay to the start of care.data extractions to allow more
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E-referrals to be mandatory – Nicholson
Use of the new NHS e-referrals service could become mandatory for GPs, NHS Englandās chief
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Half of labs to be on NPEx
Half of all the laboratories in England should be on the National Pathology Exchange by
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Manchester and Merseyside CSUs to merge
Greater Manchester and Cheshire and Merseyside Commissioning Support Units are merging to create a new