Commissioning

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3 August 2009

KPMG to provide digital strategy for NHS

The Department of Health has commissioned management consultants KPMG to report on a vision for a digital strategy for the
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30 July 2009

London PCTs pilot polysystem IT

Two London primary care trusts have been chosen to work on a pilot project looking at interoperability in polyclinics.
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14 July 2009

Problems at flagship urgent care service

A flagship urgent care service covering five primary care trusts generated dozens of complaints from patients and doctors in its
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30 June 2009

Tower Hamlets drops RiO for EMIS Web

A London primary care trust has opted out of NHS Connecting for Health plans to install the community and child health
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24 June 2009

Commissioning simulator launched

Commissioning specialist Humana Europe has launched an interactive training system to help GPs and practice managers in the UK learn
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19 June 2009

Innovate or die, NHS told

Lord Darzi of Denham has become the latest minister to urge the NHS not to cut back on technology or
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9 June 2009

Our website could do so much more

GP Dr Neil Paul sees the potential for his practice website to be a one stop shop for patients' health
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5 June 2009

Extend phone outreach: expert group

NHS Direct and NHS walk-in centres could provide more telephone-based outreach services to patients with long term conditions, according to
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29 May 2009

Million tune in for Twitter surgery

Channel Four has run a series of live surgery operations where viewers could directly question the surgeon live via microblogging
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22 May 2009

Nicholson warns of ‘unprecedented’ savings

NHS chief executive David Nicholson has warned the NHS that it may need to make “unprecedented” levels of savings from
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