Choose and stuck
Choose and Book usage is stuck at around 50%. Are there fundamental problems with the electronic booking system?
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Scottish LMCs demand action on IT choice
Scottish GPs have strongly criticised the delay in procuring a choice of GP IT systems and called for funding for the GPASS system to be released to NHS boards. Last week’s Scottish Local Medical Committees’ conference passed a motion stating that it “deplores the slow progress in procuring a choice of national IT systems following […]
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Airwave cuts ‘will not affect ambulances’
Airwave has said that staffing cuts will not affect its ability to deliver new radio communications to ambulance services by the end of 2009. The emergency services communications network has made almost 100 redundancies across its departments in response to the economic downturn. These have sparked industrial action. About 180 members of the Communication Worker’s […]
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Government turns up the heat on patient power
The government has set out its vision for the future shape of public services, which includes giving patients greater choice and control over their care and more opportunities to input their own experiences. In a white paper published today, Working Together- Public Services On Your Side , the prime minister Gordon Brown says he aims […]
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Vision 3 first GPSoC level 4 system
INPS has announced that its Vision clinical system has become the first GP system to achieve GP Systems of Choice accreditation for its hosted services. NHS Connecting for Health has granted Vision 3 level 4 compliance under GPSoC, which means the system has met its standards for hosted services. Primary care trusts can also claim […]
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Insider view: Jon Hoeksma
A shake-up at the top of NHS IT will see power shift from NHS Connecting for Health to Whitehall, says E-Health Insider editor Jon Hoeksma.
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NHS Pathways go national
The Department of Health has given ambulance services approval to use NHS Pathways to offer alternative services to callers who do not need an ambulance response. The move means that ambulance services can now choose to train 999 operators to use the system, which allows them to make immediate referrals to local services that may […]
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SCR roll-out begins
NHS Stoke on Trent has kicked off the national roll-out of the Summary Care Record, while another primary care trust has ditched controversial plans to obtain details of patients who have already opted-out of the SCR. NHS Stoke on Trent is the first PCT taking part in the national roll-out to launch its patient information […]
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Little local difficulties with C+B
Health minister Ben Bradshaw has told MPs that local implementation issues are at the root of most complaints about Choose and Book. Bradshaw told a House of Commons debate about the electronic booking system that useage was growing, with 57% of bookings made through Choose and Book in January and more than 30,000 bookings made […]
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Choose and Book increases DNAs
Attendance in outpatient clinics is worse for patients referred via Choose and Book than for those given an appointment after a traditional GP referral, according to a new study. Hospital doctors at University Hospital Lewisham compared 700 patients who had been referred via the electronic booking system with the same number of patients referred on […]
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