Live-streaming Olympics could slow N3
NHS staff are being warned against live-streaming their favourite Olympics events because of the pressure it will put on the N3 network.
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N3 GP refresh to roll-out this year
The GP Next Generation Access project will increase bandwidth on N3 for 70% of English GP practices by March next year.
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What did NPfIT ever do for GPs?
Many of the national projects developed by the National Programme for IT in the NHS relied on the buy-in and support of GPs. Rebecca Todd investigates their fate and their future.
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NHS “on board” with PSN programme
The NHS is “fully on board” with the Public Services Network programme, despite having serious concerns about it just one year ago.
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N3 deal given two more years
The Department of Health is set to extend its N3 contract with BT for another two years; but is starting to consult on what will replace it.
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Local authorities link up to N3
The Department of Health and the Department of Work and Pensions have announced that local authorities can now securely access NHS Spine services.
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N3 ‘stifling innovation’
The N3 network is stifling innovation, preventing sharing of information and addressing fundamentally the wrong security question, a question time session at eHealth Insider Live 2010 agreed.
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LMCs want IT performance standards
GPs have called upon the BMA’s GP Committee to negotiate minimum performance standards for IT systems, arguing that these would make it easier to hold suppliers to account. Speaking at the Local Medical Committees Conference in London last week, Dr Martin Beastall, a GP from Doncaster, said: “In modern practice, computers are as vital a […]
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The SCR in ten points
The future direction of the Summary Care Record is likely to be revealed in two weeks’ time. Below is EHI Primary Care’s guide to the SCR in ten points.
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Berkshire to save £150k with NHSmail
Berkshire Shared Services has completed the migration of all its GP practices to NHSmail, resulting in an expected cost saving of £150,000.
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