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3 July 2009

Docs call for clinical review of NPfIT

The British Medical Association's annual representative meeting has called for a clinically led review of the National Programme for IT
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12 June 2009

GPs urged to be ‘constantly alert’ on privacy

GPs have been advised to be “constantly alert” to potential threats to patient confidentiality and privacy as their representatives back
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5 June 2009

CfH one of ‘big three’ users of consultants

NHS chief executive David Nicholson has identified NHS Connecting for Health as one of the big three users of management
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3 June 2009

BMA leader calls for NPfIT to be scrapped

One of the leaders of the British Medical Association has described the NHS IT programme as “the worst case of
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6 May 2009

GP IT systems fall short on urgent care

IT and phone systems used by GP practices fail to help practices measure how well they are doing at providing
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23 April 2009

BMA calls for more training simulators

The British Medical Association has called for more investment in simulators and skills labs to maintain training opportunities for junior
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7 April 2009

NI GPs report survey concerns

Grassroots GPs in Northern Ireland have reported widespread concern from patients about their data being passed to research company Ipsos
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1 April 2009

QoF to become GQ

The Quality and Outcomes Framework is to be renamed, EHI Primary Care has learned. The National Institute for Health and
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31 March 2009

Hospitals breaking DPA every day

The BMA says hospitals are breaking the Data Protection Act on a daily basis by sending referral correspondence to the
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17 March 2009

Choose and stuck

Choose and Book usage is stuck at around 50%. Are there fundamental problems with the electronic booking system?
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