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26 February 2009

SHAs take on Choose and Book

Strategic health authorities are to be given responsibility for sorting out technical problems with Choose and Book. NHS Connecting for
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13 January 2009

GPC condemns proposed QoF changes

GP representatives have condemned the government’s proposals for changes to the Quality and Outcomes Framework. The British Medical Association’s General
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19 August 2008

Guidance ‘wrong’ on amending clinical notes

When the Londonwide Local Medical Committees issued advice to its members on correcting clinical notes it seemed a straightforward matter. Don’t
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22 July 2008

GP practices urged to complete GPSoC deals

GP practices in England that have signed up for the GP Systems of Choice (GPSoC) initiative are being encouraged to
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27 May 2008

GPs call for halt to centrally-held patient records

GP representatives must ensure that a halt is put to the development of centrally-held patient records, this year’s local medical
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1 April 2008

GPs not getting promised £80m IT funds

GP representatives claim that PCTs are failing to fund IT upgrades for GP practices despite receiving £80m of GP Systems
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19 June 2007

GPs say Choose and Book currently ‘unfit for purpose’

GP representatives have rejected calls for Choose and Book to be suspended but have branded the scheme as currently unfit
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5 June 2007

GP representatives to call for public enquiry on CRS

GPs representatives are to hear calls for a public inquiry into the cost of the NHS Care Records Service (CRS)
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22 May 2007

Hopes for GP2GP completion by end of 2008

Connecting for Health hopes to rollout its GP2GP record transfer project to every practice in England by the end of
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1 May 2007

Scottish GPs insist on explicit consent on shared records

  GP practices must remain the data controller for GP records even if databases are held within a hosted environment,
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