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4 March 2008

NHS Direct calls cost £16 each

Calls answered by NHS Direct in the last year were costed at just over £16 each, official figures from the information and
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4 March 2008

Healthcare assistants’ access to SCR defended

Connecting for Health has defended the decision to allow healthcare assistants to access Summary Care Records (SCRs) in accident and
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28 February 2008

Report advises annual QoF negotiation

The National Audit Office has advised the Department of Health to renegotiate the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QoF) every year
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12 February 2008

Private GP providers’ technology

The private providers winning contracts to run general practices have information technology close to the top of their agendas, Fiona
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1 February 2008

Medics sceptical about government data security

Nine out of ten doctors have no confidence in the government’s ability to safeguard patient data online, a poll by
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28 January 2008

To donate or not to donate?

Prime Minister Gordon Brown says every British citizen should automatically regarded as an organ donor through a ‘presumed consent’ scheme.
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24 January 2008

System user groups launch GP choice campaign

Five GP system national user groups have launched a campaign to support GPs’ right to IT system choice. The five
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22 January 2008

Moving to hosted systems

Disagreement over extended access could impact the speed of movement to hosted systems. Fiona Barr reports.
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17 January 2008

Trusts block junior doctors checking job e-mails

Junior doctors are unable to find out if they have been offered jobs because their trusts block access to popular
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10 January 2008

National IT system needed for medical recruitment

In his final report into the Modernising Medical Careers scheme, Sir John Tooke has labelled the online Medical Training Application
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