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16 June 2008

GPs vote to halt Care Record Service development

GP representatives overwhelmingly backed a motion to call a halt to development of the NHS Care Records Service at the
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3 June 2008

Primary care following Fujitsu

Following the exit of Fujitsu from the NHS IT programme in the South of England, Fiona Barr explores what the
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3 June 2008

Fujitsu’s exit may hasten systems choice

Long term system choice for GPs could have moved a step nearer with the departure of local service provider (LSP)
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16 May 2008

No GP systems in Fujitsu’s NHS contract

Fujitsu, local service provider for the Southern Programme for IT, is not yet contracted to supply a GP system but
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12 May 2008

Evaluating SCR options

A busy summer lies ahead as the implications of the evaluation of the Summary Care Record are considered, Fiona Barr
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9 May 2008

New electronic handover device launched

A new Windows Mobile application called MedicMate, designed to provide doctors and consultants with handover electronic copies of patient notes,
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29 April 2008

Scottish doctors angry over e-health cuts

Doctors at the Scottish BMA conference have expressed concerns over the Scottish government’s decision to cut £5m from the e-health
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7 April 2008

Pharmacists may get access to patient care records

The government has announced it will investigate how community pharmacy access to the NHS Care Records Service could be achieved.
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17 March 2008

Electronic ‘fit notes’ could replace sick notes

Paper-based sick notes should be replaced with electronic ‘fit notes’ according to the first ever review of the health of
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11 March 2008

Johnson steps up pressure on 0844 numbers

Health secretary Alan Johnson has stepped up the pressure on practices using 0844 telephone numbers as campaigners draw up a
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