A year in review
The top ten stories of 2009
Patient confidentiality and privacy continued to trouble those working in and for the NHS in 2009. The most read report on EHI Primary Care this year was published just 12 days into January, when we covered the loss of a memory stick containing 6,000 prison health records. Two other reports in the top ten most-read stories […]
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Darling targets efficiency, pay and tax
The Chancellor has slightly shifted the focus of this year’s Pre-Budget Report from the urgent need to make public sector efficiency savings to implementing pay freezes and increasing taxes.
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Burnham defends NPfIT but cuts £600m
Health secretary Andy Burnham has launched a spirited defence of the National Programme for IT in the NHS, but £600m will be trimmed from the way it is run and the scope of some systems.
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Patients to text feedback on hospitals
NHS Choices has launched a pilot project to enable patients to text their feedback on hospitals to the website. The SMS service is being trialled with the Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust in Harlow, Essex and means that patients who text their feedback will see their comments appear on the NHS Choices website. The Department […]
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Great Lego in the waiting room
Patients have rated more than one in four GP practices on the Department of Health’s controversial scorecard for surgeries since its launch on NHS Choices. Figures from the end of the first fortnight show patients had completed the scorecard for 2,132 out of 8,269 practices in England, with a total of 2,764 ratings submitted. The scorecard asks […]
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GP ratings site criticised by rival
The GP practice rating service launched by NHS Choices received 1,600 comments in its first 24 hours of operation, according to the Department of Health. A DH spokesperson told EHI Primary Care that about 80% of the comments received were positive and said it would continue to monitor the number and type of comments made. […]
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GP ratings launched on NHS Choices
The Department of Health has launched a controversial online rating service to let patients rate and compare GP practices.
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Survey gives boost to HealthSpace
E-Health Insider and Doctors.net.uk survey shows strong backing for HealthSpace and none at all for commercial alternatives.
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Readers back reformed NPfIT
The National Programme should not be scrapped although it should be reformed, a major survey by E-Health Insider and Doctors.net.uk has concluded.
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