High trust Choose and Book deal to boost uptake
A primary care trust is introducing a high trust incentive scheme for Choose and Book, which it believes could be the model for PCTs nationwide. Bedfordshire PCT is to pay GPs 48p per patient to take part in its new Choose and Book local enhanced service (LES). There will also be additional payments of up […]
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Health check highlights record keeping issues
The Healthcare Commission has once again identified record keeping as one of the weakest areas of NHS performance in its annual health check. CO9, which requires organisations to have a “systematic and planned approach to the management of records”, is identified as one of the core standards with the lowest rates of compliance in the […]
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DH invests £11m in dental IT training
The DH has announced it will give an extra £11m to ten of the 11 dental teaching hospitals in England, to help fund IT systems that will support the training of dental students.
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PCTs increase Choose and Book incentives
A London PCT is to pay its GPs £3.50 for every referral made under Choose and Book as trusts step up their efforts to improve take–up of Choose and Book.
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Patient’s awareness of treatment choices stalls
The latest national patient choice survey shows little growth in awareness of the government’s flagship policy on choice with less than one in two patients recalling being offered a choice of hospital.
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How CfH could make my day
In his latest column grassroots GP Dr Neil Paul offers suggestions to Connecting for Health on making GPs’ lives easier.
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Trusts told to release slots to Choose and Book
NHS trusts have been criticised for failing to provide enough outpatient appointments slots on Choose and Book – and told to improve matters. Nick Chapman, national director of Choose and Book and the Department of Health’s senior responsible officer for Choose and Book, last week sent a strongly worded letter to strategic health authority chief […]
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Choose and Book hits 10m bookings
Connecting for Health has announced that the electronic booking system Choose and Book has been used to make more than 10 million bookings. The NHS IT agency says all NHS hospitals in England are now using Choose and Book along with 91% of GP practices in England. However usage remains at around the 50% mark […]
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The Adventurous 4.0
In the latest column from NHS Connecting for Health, Choose and Book’s national medical director, Dr Stephen Miller, outlines the latest developments to the online booking system.
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