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10 August 2005

CfH to fund NHS clinician trips to India and USA

NHS Connecting for Health is urgently looking for experienced NHS clinicians, interested in ensuring that NHS IT systems are fit
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5 August 2005

Improve communication on NPfIT, say researchers

Unrealistic and shifting timetables, lack of consultation and communication with NPfIT managers, and lack of perceived short term benefits have
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2 August 2005

PCT mergers look set to disrupt IT plans

IT departments of NHS organisations are beginning to feel the impact of plans to shake-up the structure of the health
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2 August 2005

King’s Fund calls for technology use in chronic care

A King’s Fund report into the management of long-term conditions has called for PCTs to put more emphasis on using
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28 July 2005

Recoding purchase data generates savings

A healthcare trust in London is claiming it has saved £1m by recoding its procurement systems from freetext into individual
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27 July 2005

Ofcom investigates patient phone systems

Patientline has said it will suspend new installations in hospitals pending the outcome of an Ofcom inquiry into complaints about
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26 July 2005

£1bn NHS electronic procurement network formed

UKprocure have announced the establishment of the NHS Trading Network (NHSTN), which brings together 53 NHS organisations nationwide in one
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20 July 2005

Ambulance services get digital radios

 The Department of Health has awarded a contract for a new digital radio and communication system for all NHS ambulance
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19 July 2005

Red rose rising

EHI Primary Care talks to Lancashire Care NHS Trust, the first mental health trust in England to receive a PAS
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19 July 2005

Go live for indirectly bookable services

Wandsworth and Tower Hamlets PCTs in London have gone live with indirectly bookable services (IBS) – the system that enables acute
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