appointments

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16 May 2006

Technical problems with Choose and Book dog GPs

Frustrations with Choose and Book including problems reconciling GP records with the personal demographics service have prompted some GPs to
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9 May 2006

GPs face duty to chase e-booking ‘no shows’

GP practices are facing extra workload to chase up patients who fail to book a hospital appointment once they have
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8 May 2006

Offer alternatives to self check-in, GPs advised

GP practices who use patient self check-in systems need to make sure patients are informed about their use and offered
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5 May 2006

NAO says out-of-hours management information poor

Management information on out-of-hours services is poor, caused partly by problems with IT systems and compounded by inadequate telephone systems
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5 May 2006

QicSCRIPT upgraded for medicine use reviews

Pharmacy software solution QicSCRIPT has been upgraded with appointment scheduling and patient identification systems so that pharmacists can deal with
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2 May 2006

New version of C+B supports ‘extended’ choice

GPs are expected to offer patients the option to choose from a national menu of NHS hospitals and private providers
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2 May 2006

EMIS Access passes 100,000 appointments

Primary care systems provider EMIS has announced that its Access online appointments booking systems has reached two milestones. Latest figures
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25 April 2006

GPC concerned over local C+B implementation problems

Local implementation problems could cause practices to miss the next targets for Choose and Book but GPs should not lose
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10 April 2006

Space programme

One of the most intriguing aspects of the NHS IT programme is the HealthSpace project, the online patient portal. Daloni
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6 April 2006

GPs demand ‘urgent action’ on GPASS

Leading GP IT representatives have written to Scottish health minister Andy Kerr to demand urgent action to improve the GPASS
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