EMIS Web receives full roll-out approval
EMIS has received full roll-out approval for EMIS Web, putting it in a position to start a controlled roll-out of the ‘next generation’ product.
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From the consulting room
GP Neil Paul has been working on a Web 2.0 Accelerator Programme – and a major new website that could be used to support soon to be formed GP consortia.
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GP commissioners ‘blow budgets’
GP commissioners overspent their budgets by a net 2.5% last year, according to an analysis by the Health Service Journal magazine. HSJ examined the 2009-10 budgets and spending details of 190 practice-based commissioning consortia from 33 primary care trusts, which between them were allocated an indicative budget of £11.5 billion. It calculates that by the end […]
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GPs and PCTs told to lead change
GPs and primary care trust managers need to start developing solutions for GP commissioning now, according to joint advice issued by two GP and PCT organisations. The National Association of Primary Care and the NHS Confederation’s PCT Network have published a paper setting out what they believe should be the first steps for GPs and […]
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Unison may challenge white paper process
Health service union Unison is planning to seek a judicial review over the government’s plans for a massive reorganisation of the NHS. The union claims the government is acting unlawfully by giving primary care trusts and others advice on how they should start to implement the recent NHS white paper without consultation or Parliamentary support. […]
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PCT ends United Health contract early
NHS Northamptonshire has ended its contract for commissioning services with UnitedHealth UK a year early, the primary care trust has confirmed.
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Dixon urges consortia to work quickly
The NHS Alliance is advising GP commissioners and primary care trusts to get consortia up and running as soon as possible. Dr Mike Dixon, chair of the NHS Alliance, whose membership includes PCT managers and clinicians, said time was of the essence. He told a meeting of 180 GPs at a practice-based commissioning event: “As […]
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GP consortia to start work this year
The Department of Health has spelled out its plans for the future of commissioning in a consultation that gives the NHS Commissioning Board a role in setting data and IT standards while predicting that a market will develop in commissioning support.
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Insider view: Lyn Whitfield
E-Health Insider’s managing editor reports on yet another NHS reorganisation and wonders what this one is really meant to achieve.
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