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9 September 2008

DH backs away from 084 telephone ban

The Department of Health has no immediate plans to ban use of 084 numbers in the NHS, health minister Ben
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5 September 2008

Patient’s awareness of treatment choices stalls

The latest national patient choice survey shows little growth in awareness of the government’s flagship policy on choice with less
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2 September 2008

How CfH could make my day

In his latest column grassroots GP Dr Neil Paul offers suggestions to Connecting for Health on making GPs’ lives easier.
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26 August 2008

Trusts told to release slots to Choose and Book

NHS trusts have been criticised for failing to provide enough outpatient appointments slots on Choose and Book – and told
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13 August 2008

The Adventurous 4.0

In the latest column from NHS Connecting for Health, Choose and Book’s national medical director, Dr Stephen Miller, outlines the
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7 August 2008

New leaders for NHS IT

The Department of Health has announced Christine Connelly as the first chief information officer for health and named Martin Bellamy
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17 July 2008

GPs shape the future of health IT

In the latest column from NHS Connecting for Health, Peter Short, one of the agency’s national clinical leads for GPs,
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17 July 2008

Nine in ten patients satisfied with GP access

Nearly nine in ten patients are satisfied with their ability to get through to their GP practice on the telephone,
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15 July 2008

HealthSpace set for big expansion

HealthSpace, the government’s secure online site for patients, is to be expanded to include shared records and GP appointment booking,
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3 July 2008

Access to NHS care records may be widened

The Department of Health is to review extending access to the NHS Care Records Service to non-NHS staff, and bodies
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