David Cameron ‘lobbied Matthew Gould for access to NHS staff data’
Cameron lobbied Gould on behalf of Greensill Capital, which developed an advance payment app for doctors and nurses in the NHS.
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GPs embracing phone but not Skype consultations
GPs remain resistant to politicians’ calls to adopt Skype consulting, with many citing poor technology and a lack of patient demand, a survey in the British Journal of General Practice has found.
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Demand for GP e-consultations ‘low’
Seven day working and e-consultations may be popular with politicians but they have not gone down well with patients, an evaluation of the first wave of Prime Minister’s Challenge Fund projects has shown.
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Nursing Tech Fund 2 open
Organisations that want to bid for money from the second round of the Nursing Technology Fund have until 2 December to do it.
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PM announces £300m for genome project
Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a £300m investment into the project to sequence 100,000 genomes by 2017.
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Challenge Fund pilots announced
NHS England has unveiled details of the 20 GP projects that will benefit from the £50m Challenge Fund to improve access to primary care.
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220 applications to Nursing Tech Fund
NHS England has received more than 220 applications from 140 trusts for the first round of the Nursing Technology Fund.
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GP Challenge Fund opens for bids
A £50m Challenge Fund for GPs to extend patient access through services such as extended opening hours and greater use of online services has opened for applications.
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Cameron announces £100m nurse tech fund
Prime Minister David Cameron announced he will give £100m in funding for nurses and midwives to spend on new mobile technology like digital pens.
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