Choice on the buses
Solihull NHS Care Trust and Birmingham East and North Primary Care Trust have launched a four month advertising campaign for patient choice and Choose and Book. The campaign, which started this week, will see advertisements placed on 124 buses, 85 bus stops and 48 billboards along major bus routes in the area. The two organisations […]
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NHS work boosts Atos Origin
International IT services company Atos Origin has reported strong UK financial results for the first six months of the year, partly boosted by NHS work. The company, which is responsible for the Choose and Book electronic appointment system, reported revenues up to £376m for the first half of the year. In England, Atos Origin has […]
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Choose and Book fails to offer choice
Choose and Book failed to deliver its promise of choice of hospital, time and date of apppintment , a newly-published study shows.
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Patient aged 12 told to use Choose and Book
A patient aged 12 has become the youngest patient to use the Choose and Book appointment system, after her practice required her to use the system to book a hospital appointment. Shani Sakin was sent a letter by her GP practice near Bristol asking her to contact the Choose and Book team to select an […]
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Behind the scenes of an EPR deployment
EHI goes behind the scenes at Benenden Hospital, as it prepares to go-live with an Oasis electronic patient record system.
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NICE to overhaul QoF
The Quality and Outcomes Framework (QoF) is to be overhauled to focus on indicators which have the greatest impact on health and are proven to be cost-effective, according to Lord Darzi. The health minister and author of the government’s NHS Next Stage Review told Parliament’s Health Committee that the National Institute for Clinical Effectiveness (NICE) […]
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GPs shape the future of health IT
In the latest column from NHS Connecting for Health, Peter Short, one of the agency’s national clinical leads for GPs, discusses some key issues for the profession.
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Doctors repeat call for inquiry into CFH
Doctors’ representatives have called for an independent inquiry into Connecting for Health and demanded that trusts be allowed to seek solutions directly from IT providers. Dr David Wrede, consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust, told the BMA’s annual meeting that it was “Groundhog Day” for the representatives. He said the meeting […]
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BMA rejects call to ‘abandon’ Choose and Book
The BMA has rejected demands to abandon Choose and Book if it cannot be made fit for purpose within a year. BMA Council chairman and Yorkshire GP Dr Hamish Meldrum told the association’s annual meeting that it would be “madness” to adopt such a stance. The meeting backed a motion from Redbridge and Stratford division […]
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Tories promise NHS information revolution
The Conservative Party has promised an “information revolution” in the NHS with a focus on health outcomes.
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