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New timetable for trusts to switch to XML for CRS data

NHS Connecting for Health has outlined a new timetable for changing the way in which data is sent to the
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CfH due for restructuring in DH shuffle

NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) has signalled that it will undergo restructuring later this year as part of a wider
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PCT reorganisation unsettles IT community

The NHS IT community has echoed the House of Commons health select committee’s criticism of the government’s latest reorganisation of PCTs, expressing unease
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GP contract IM&T incentives announced

GPs are to be offered incentives worth up to £70m in total across England to embrace NHS information and management
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Ealing and Southend-on-Sea start patient txt messaging

Mobile messaging firm iPlato  has announced that practices from two more primary care trusts in England have started using its
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GPs cautioned on taking part in PBC

GP representatives are advising GPs not to take part in practice based commissioning if they feel that funding for the
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Private hospitals sign Choose and Book deal

The largest provider of private hospital services in the UK has signed a deal for e-booking software that will be
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OT e-catalogue speeds up equipment orders

A local occupational therapy and community equipment service (OTCES) has won an award for making the detailed information in its
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PCT chiefs warn on reconfiguration plans

41% of primary care trust chief executives think that the planned reconfiguration of their organisations will have a negative effect on
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PCTs await C+B incentive payment decisions

A straw poll taken by EHI Primary Care has revealed an enthusiastic take-up among PCTs of the Department of Health’s
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