24 more PCTs lined up for EPS R2
A further 24 primary care trusts are to be authorised to take part in Release 2 of the Electronic Prescription Service from February next year.
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Lansley: no reprieve for PCTs
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has said there will be no reprieve for primary care trusts and strategic health authorities following the consultation on his white paper, and that he will be looking for pathfinder commissioning groups this year.
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White paper ‘could hit patient care’
A picture of little support for the latest NHS white paper emerges from a survey by EHI Primary Care.
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Survey reveals white paper job fears
More than 80% of staff working in strategic health authorities and primary care trusts in England expect to lose their jobs or are uncertain about the future, according to an exclusive poll by EHI Primary Care.
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Dixon urges consortia to work quickly
The NHS Alliance is advising GP commissioners and primary care trusts to get consortia up and running as soon as possible. Dr Mike Dixon, chair of the NHS Alliance, whose membership includes PCT managers and clinicians, said time was of the essence. He told a meeting of 180 GPs at a practice-based commissioning event: “As […]
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Improve PCT data skills, say MPs
Poor quality data analysis skills have played a key part in the failure of many primary care trusts to work effectively as commissioners, MPs have concluded. A report into commissioning by the Commons’ Health Committee says that while there are some examples of good work from PCTs, many believe they are working effectively “although the evidence […]
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Two-fifths of PCTs begin SCR campaigns
The summary care record roll out More than 40% of primary care trusts have started their Public Information Programmes for the Summary Care Record and more are expected to follow soon, according to NHS Connecting for Health. The Department of Health’s IT agency told EHI Primary Care that 65 PCTs have started PIPs and that the […]
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Bristol gains it on RiO
NHS South Gloucestershire, NHS North Somerset and NHS Bristol will all have gone live with RiO within the next six weeks.
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BMA says SCR roll-out ‘too hasty’
The BMA has criticised the roll-out of the Summary Care Record programme, claiming patients do not have enough information and that it is too hard for them to opt out.
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CfH issues new SCR data quality guide
NHS Connecting for Health has issued new guidance on the data quality standards GP practices are expected to meet before data is uploaded to create Summary Care Records. The interim guidance follows the ending of the IM&T Directed Enhanced Service (DES) in March 2009, which had set the data quality standards practices had to meet before […]
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