Missed 90% C+B target to remain for PCTs
The target for 90% of referrals to be made through Choose and Book is to remain for the NHS, even though the latest deadline has been missed by some way. Final figures are not yet available for use of Choose and Book to March 31, but it is clear the NHS will have fallen well […]
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Rio rolls out in West London trust
West London Mental Health NHS Trust rolled out the Rio clinical information system after an implementation involving 91,000 records and 250,000 clinical documents. First implemented last October on a restricted basis, the trust has now expanded the system to all its clinical teams, with 500-600 trained users now in action. West London’s director of IM&T, […]
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Guidance on computerised CBT launched
New implementation guidance for the use of computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (cCBT) for mild mental health conditions such as depression and anxiety has been launched by the Department of Health. The guidance is being released following the success of two demonstration sites in Doncaster and Newham, set up last May, which found that facilitating patients […]
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BT e-Health Insider Awards to reward outstanding work
Award winning healthcare IT news service, e-Health Insider and the NHS’s leading information and communication technology supplier, BT have joined forces to reward the best teamwork and individuals in their sector. The BT e-Health Insider Awards ’07 are launched today with opportunities for healthcare ICT people to gain recognition in five categories: Primary Care ICT […]
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Isle of Man chooses System C for major contract
System C has won a £7.5m contract to provide an integrated island-wide healthcare IT service in the Isle of Man. The contract was won against stiff competition with senior sources confirming reports that iSoft and Cerner, contractors to provide systems for the NHS in England, were in the running. Nobles Hospital in Douglas and the […]
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Framework sets out plan for joined up IT
The government has set out a radical plan for joining up health and social care IT systems and sharing information about individuals and communities across services. The Commissioning Framework for Health and Wellbeing, now out for consultation from the Department of Health and the Department for Communities and Local Government, says councils, PCTs and practice […]
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Mental health charity launch e-mail support
SANE, the mental health charity has launched a new email support service to provide support and information to people affected by mental health problems, and is fully funded by The Vodafone UK Foundation charity. SANEmail aims to provide support and information to people affected by mental health problems and will run alongside SANEline, SANE’s national, […]
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More teamwork needed to make PBC a reality
A report by an independent steering group of experts from the NHS, supported by Dr Foster Intelligence has called for more teamwork between PCTs and GPs to make practice-based commissioning (PBC) a reality. The group was unanimous that the successful implementation of PBC is a pre-requisite to the modernisation of the NHS. But the accurate, real-time […]
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Five trusts sign up for e-rostering software
Five NHS trusts and a private hospital group are set to adopt Manpower Software’s MAPS Healthroster system which is designed to ease the staffing issues at hospitals and trusts and help to control costs. Manpower says the MAPS solution has been designed for, and in partnership with, the NHS and healthcare market. It aims to deliver verified […]
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Accreditation win for Barts and London service desk
Barts and The London NHS Trust has become the first hospital trust in England to win Connecting for Health accreditation to provide expert IT support to NHS organisations nationally. The accreditation allows the trust to offer 24-hour Front Line Support Services for National Programme for IT (NPfIT) Applications such as the NHS Care Records Service, […]
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