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14 February 2007

Online doctor faces GMC over internet prescribing

A GP who prescribed betablockers for a 16-year-old boy over the internet thwarted attempts by other doctors to keep the
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21 November 2006

Survey shows waning medical support for NPfIT

A picture of declining support among doctors for the National Programme for IT emerges from the latest Medix survey of
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13 July 2006

Peer podcasts for doctors’ forum

Health minister Lord Warner has recorded his first ever podcast with doctors’ network Doctors.net.uk, answering questions placed to him by
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3 July 2006

Sealed envelope safety risk raised by BMA

Doctors have raised concerns that Connecting for Health proposals to allow patients to hide some information in sealed envelopes puts
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8 May 2006

Offer alternatives to self check-in, GPs advised

GP practices who use patient self check-in systems need to make sure patients are informed about their use and offered
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27 October 2005

GMC doctor search now shows restrictions

The General Medical Council has updated its search facility so that restrictions on a doctor’s registration are immediately visible online,
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20 April 2005

Doctors can order drug samples online

Online portal Doctors.net.uk have started a drug sampling service with , ‘iSample’, that will allow doctors to opt in to
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5 April 2005

Do no harm

Peter Singleton of Cambridge Health Informatics considers the case of a patient who tried to opt out of electronic recording.
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30 March 2005

Practice manager finds no opt-out from NCRS

A practice manager has tried and failed to prevent her health record, which contains a significant error, being stored in
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15 December 2004

Better information on doctors vital, says Shipman report

The GMC needs to improve the information available online about the registration history of doctors and whether any action has
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