NHS 24

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31 May 2007

Mobile phone pics help emergency NHS 24 diagnosis

A Scottish woman has had a life-threatening condition diagnosed after using a mobile phone to send pictures of her swollen
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9 January 2007

NHS 24 to take non-emergency 999 calls

Scottish patients who call 999 for an ambulance may end up being called back by staff from the information and
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29 December 2006

Minister praises NHS 24’s ‘tireless’ staff

Scotland’s deputy health minister has praised staff who keep the healthcare telephone advice line running over Christmas and the New
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2 November 2006

Scottish ECS proving a success

Launched last summer the Scottish Emergency Care Summary is already proving a success making out-of-hours communications more efficient and effective.
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24 October 2006

NHS Grampian to get in-car telemedicine

Adastra Software has won a tender to supply its unscheduled care case management software to NHS Grampian, and to provide
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29 August 2006

NHS 24 has improved, says health minister

NHS 24 has undergone ‘radical changes’ in order to improve its service to the public since last year’s review calling
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17 April 2006

Scots ahead

Fiona Barr looks at how electronic summaries of GP records are already in operation in Scotland, accessible by out of
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28 February 2006

NHS 24 cuts numbers of ‘call-backs’

Scotland’s health advice helpline NHS 24 has reduced the percentage of ‘call-backs’ to patients to less than 20% from a
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6 October 2005

NHS 24 report calls for radical review of helpline

A radical review of Scotland’s health helpline NHS 24 has recommended using the new volume predictive technology to ensure the
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22 August 2005

NHS 24 buys knowledge management system

Information and knowledge management consultancy LSC Group is to provide a knowledge management system including geographic information system for NHS
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