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23 September 2019

‘Comprehensive’ IT programme needed for ‘true interoperability’, BMA says

The BMA called for the NHS to be an early adopter of 5G technology to overcome connectivity 'deficiencies' and improve
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23 August 2019

Out-of-area GP rules should be ‘withdrawn’, BMA says

The regulations 'are not in line' with wider NHS England policy and allow digital providers to prioritise healthy patients, the
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A doctor collecting information on a patient using various mobile devices
31 January 2019

New GP contract includes increased patient access to digital services

Part of the contract includes GP practices ensuring that they can offer online consultations by April 2020.
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A female doctor texting on a smartphone
22 October 2018

BMA launches app to help hospital doctors manage workloads

Dr Diary allows doctors to enter details of their work activity into a calendar on the app to help them
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6 February 2018

NAO report reveals medical documents backlog has hit 374,000

A backlog of 374,000 medical documents which included more than 1,800 high priority items were not redirected as they should
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27 March 2017

Hester hits back over TPP patient data security concerns

TPP founder Frank Hester has waded defiantly into the growing controversy about how his company shares patients GP records across
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22 March 2016

Patient record access: March target likely to be met

All GPs will be able to offer patients online access to their ‘detailed coded record’ by the end of the
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26 May 2015

NHS 111 should be scrapped – GPs

NHS 111 should be “scrapped” in its current form, GP leaders have said.
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9 April 2015

Care.data stuck in the last chance saloon

Critics of care.data say it is sitting in the “last chance saloon”. Sam Sachdeva looks at its prospects in the
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25 March 2015

Calling up a storm

Thomas Meek looks at the troubled history of NHS 111 in the first of a short series of features looking
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