Choose and Book Release 5.0 unveiled
NHS Connecting for Health has released the latest version of Choose and Book, saying it is more intuitive and will save time for hospitals, GPs and patients.
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DH makes choice an obligation
GPs may be given a contractual obligation to offer choice and hospitals will be required to offer appointments to named consultant-led teams from April 2011 under government proposals set out today.
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BMA: more risks than pros in white paper
The BMA has criticised the government’s plans to overhaul the NHS in England, saying they contain “much that would be potentially damaging” to the health service.
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NPfIT future is modular and locally-led
The National Programme for IT in the NHS’ centralised approach is “no longer required” and will be replaced with “more locally-led” procurement and a modular approach to deployment.
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C&B incentives drop but use is steady
Less than a quarter of primary care trusts now pay GPs for using Choose and Book, according to latest figures. Information released to GP magazine Pulse under the Freedom of Information Act shows that out of 129 PCTs who responded, 33 were offering GP practices a Choose and Book local enhanced service scheme in 2010-11, […]
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King’s Fund hears more C&B grumbles
Patients value having a choice of hospital but GPs and providers have complaints about the way Choose and Book works to deliver it, according to a report from the King’s Fund.
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GP leader names his NHS savings
Parts of NHS Direct, the Choose and Book service and the current ‘consent to view’ model of the Summary Care Record should all be reviewed to save money in the financial crisis, the BMA’s GP leader, Dr Laurence Buckman, said today. With NHS trusts under pressure to achieve efficiency savings of up to £20 billion […]
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C&B records highest monthly usage figure
Choose and Book has recorded its highest monthly usage figure, with 58% of all first outpatient referrals made via the system. NHS Connecting for Health’s latest validated figures for the first two months of this year show an increase in usage of the system from 50% to 58%. CfH said monthly booking volumes had also risen […]
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Choose and Book reaches 20m referrals
NHS Connecting for Health has announced that 20m referrals have now been made through Choose and Book. The Department of Health’s IT agency said the achievement was a "key milestone" for the e-booking system, which was launched in 2004. However, the figures also show that the system is currently used for around 50% of first outpatient […]
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Waltham Forest links RiO and C&B
NHS Waltham Forest has become the first primary care trust in London to link up its RiO electronic patient record system with Choose and Book.
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