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8 February 2012

Health Bill faces storm in Lords

The Health and Social Care Bill returns to the Lords today, amid increasingly strident opposition to key elements of the
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3 February 2012

GPs give low rating to Choices comments

GPs and dentists want NHS Choices to consider how patient comments on its website are moderated, saying they are often
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19 April 2011

GPs advised: do IG Toolkit

GP representatives have advised GP practices to complete NHS Connecting for Healthā€™s Information Governance Toolkit, despite concerns about its suitability
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13 April 2011

Govt may review Bill data sharing plans

The Department of Healthā€™s director general of informatics has signalled that the government may be prepared to look again at
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6 April 2011

GP record guidance overhauled

A major overhaul of the good practice guidelines for GP electronic records has been published, with a focus on record
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6 April 2011

GPs must hold records against litigation

GP practices must hold on to their audit trails and the patient records associated with them indefinitely, according to fresh
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31 March 2011

All patients to be offered SCR by 2013

The Department of Health wants every patient in England to have been offered the opportunity to have a Summary Care
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28 March 2011

Doctors criticise appraisal data and IT

Doctors say NHS trusts are unable to provide them with enough data on their performance to carry out appraisals and
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23 March 2011

Osborne condemned for ‘no budge budget’

George Osborne has underlined the governmentā€™s determination to reduce Britainā€™s deficit by reducing public spending in his 2011 budget.
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15 March 2011

BMA tells Lansley to halt revolution

The British Medical Association has called for the government to stop its plans for a massive reorganisation of the NHS
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