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18 October 2007

NHS failing on offering patients choice

The NHS is failing to offer patients a choice of hospital for their outpatient appointments with barely 10% of primary care
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28 September 2007

NHS to invest in new digital alarms for staff

New safety alarm devices for lone workers will be provided to 30,000 NHS workers, as part of the Department of
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5 September 2007

Granger’s successor remains a mystery

Richard Granger’s successor as chief executive of Connecting for Health and director general of IT at the Department of Health
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1 August 2007

New sites chosen for computerised CBT

The Department of Health has chosen 11 sites to take part in a £2m pathfinder project into cognitive behavioural therapy,
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20 July 2007

Ben Bradshaw becomes minister for NHS IT

The Department of Health has announced that Ben Bradshaw, Labour MP for Exeter, will be the new minister responsible for
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17 July 2007

CMO flags up issues with computerised radiotherapy

Unsafe transfer of data and a lack of training in new computerised radiotherapy systems have been highlighted as potential hidden
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10 July 2007

Community staff in Nottingham trial wireless record access

Community-based health professionals in Nottingham have taken part in a successful three month mobile technology trial, using wireless broadband-enabled laptops
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28 June 2007

Johnson named as new health secretary

Alan Johnson has today been appointed as England’s new health secretary by Prime Minister, Gordon Brown. The former education secretary
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15 May 2007

Brown plays a safe hand with electronic scripts

The chancellor Gordon Brown has called for more electronic prescriptions to be issued in the NHS, as part of his
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19 March 2007

Cameron says NHS heart replaced by “computer”

David Cameron,  leader of the Conservative Party, has accused the Labour government of ripping out the heart of the NHS
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