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2015 records access promise scaled back

EXCLUSIVE: The government’s pledge for patients to have online access to their GP record by March 2015 will only require
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GP appointments auto-cancelled via text

GP practices are using new iPlato functionality to allow patients to automatically cancel GP appointments via their mobile phone.
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NHS Direct to pilot GP appointment app

NHS Direct is considering a pilot that will allow patients in Lincolnshire to use a smartphone app or its website
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Sussex practice uses Scots call-centre

A NHS GP practice has signed up a call centre to make appointments for its patients when it is closed.
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Lord Darzi launches NHS ratings app

Former health minister Professor Lord Ara Darzi has launched an iPhone app that allows users to rate NHS services and
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Major NHS public websites unheard of

A new study to better understand what prevents people from using information technology to help them manage their health and
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Lansley says GPs to choose on 111

GP consortia will be responsible for commissioning the 111 non-emergency number service, health secretary Andrew Lansley has revealed.
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Expert view: Sean Brennan

The managing director of Clinical Matrix asks: supporting the clinician in the community – should there be an app for
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DH makes choice an obligation

GPs may be given a contractual obligation to offer choice and hospitals will be required to offer appointments to named
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Mayo cuts appointments by 40 per cent

Online consultations could reduce the need for face-to-face appointments with GPs by 40%, the largest ever study of online visits
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