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14 May 2010

Burns and Burstow join health team

Two health ministers have been appointed to join health secretary Andrew Lansley at the Department of Health. The appointment of
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13 May 2010

Lansley gets health job in tough times

The new health secretary has confirmed that the NHS will receive ā€˜real termsā€™ increases in funding, but this will not
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13 May 2010

ContactPoint to be scrapped

The controversial childrenā€™s database ContactPoint is to be scrapped by the new government, the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have revealed.
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10 May 2010

Trafford gets integrated child system

Trafford Council has deployed Liquidlogicā€™s Protocol Integrated Childrenā€™s System to make it compliant with government requirements on integrated childrenā€™s systems.
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6 May 2010

Insider View: Jon Hoeksma

E-Health Insider editor Jon Hoeksma argues that an incoming UK government looking to make savings may find the Ā£3 billion
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28 April 2010

Personal View: John Cruickshank

The author of ā€˜Fixing NHS ITā€™ outlines his recommendations for a new government and urges ministers to take action within
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28 April 2010

Swindells tells IT pros to up their game

The newly appointed head of BCS Health has called for informaticians to "step up to the plate" and lead change
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27 April 2010

Work needed on NHS 24 – MSPs

"A substantial degree of work" is needed to rebuild confidence in the Scottish health helpline NHS 24, according to members of
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16 April 2010

SCR roll-out suspended

The Department of Health has suspended the roll-out of the Summary Care Record in the five strategic health authorities where
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15 April 2010

EHI Interview: Norman Lamb

As part of EHIā€™s general election coverage, Sarah Bruce talks to the Lib Dem health spokesman.
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