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19 February 2007

Survey reveals doctors’ pessimism about NPfIT

A survey of over 3000 doctors has revealed that the overwhelming majority are not optimistic that the National Programme for
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15 February 2007

BMA chair says smart card policy ‘preposterous’

Connecting for Health’s policy of requiring doctors to repeatedly log-in with a smart card every time they use a computer
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13 February 2007

OJEU notice signals start of GP systems procurement

Procurement for GP Systems of Choice will begin this week and be complete in three months’ time, finally delivering the
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13 February 2007

GP questions Hewitt on ‘vanishing’ C+B services

A GP has questioned health secretary Patricia Hewitt about the use of Choose and Book for demand management as a
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8 February 2007

BMA calls for better OOH information for patients

The BMA has criticised the NHS Direct service for failing to point patients in the right direction for when they
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6 February 2007

Security concerns hit Scottish cervical cytology system

The roll-out of a national cervical cytology screening system for Scotland could be delayed after GPs discovered that practice staff
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18 December 2006

Ministerial review to back summary care records

The government is today expected to announce that it will press ahead with plans to begin trials of a national
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13 December 2006

Don’t opt-out patients by default, GPs advised

GP practices concerned about the confidentiality of patient records under the NHS Care Records Service have been advised not to
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30 November 2006

Report must ‘signal the end of the line for GPASS’

A long-awaited independent report on GPASS ‘must signal the end of the line’ for Scotland’s most commonly used GP system,
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28 November 2006

EMIS offers GP record transfer by CD

All EMIS LV practices in England can now transfer full patient records between practices using a CD, ahead of the
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