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Specialist telehealth service a success

A specialist telehealth project run by Gloucestershire Care Services NHS Trust has increased capacity by ten patients per nurse.
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Nicholson says mind the £30 billion gap

NHS England chief executive Sir David Nicholson has followed up on his call for a ‘big conversation’ on the future
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Telehealth doesn’t improve self care

Telehealth does not improve patients’ self-care behaviour, an evaluation of the Whole System Demonstrator programme reveals.
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Revolutionary road

The government has promised a telehealth revolution; but there has been little sign of one at the events that Lis
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GPs divided on telehealth

GPs are divided about the benefits of telehealth and telecare, and this can hit patient recruitment rates, WSD experts told
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WSD results: ‘complex’ not compelling

The whole systems demonstrator project failed to show a reduction in emergency admissions or cost savings in regards to hospital
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Burstow puts WSD delay on publisher

Peer reviewed results of the whole systems demonstrator programme are sitting with the British Medical Journal and will be released
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DH ‘must publish’ WSD results

The Department of Health needs to publish the full results of the whole system demonstrator projects to avoid expensive mistakes
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Records ‘needed for integrated care’

Two think-tanks that are well-known for influencing government policy have called for a major investment in IT to promote integrated
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GPs should be navigators not gatekeepers

GPs need to adopt technology and find ways to address variations in practice, a major new report by the King's
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