NHS Direct to connect to Spine in 2008
NHS Direct is aiming to connect to the NHS Spine in 2008, in what should be a key step towards integrating the telephone and online advice service with the wider NHS. In an exclusive interview with E-health Insider, NHS Direct’s new chief executive Matt Tee said, “I’m hoping that we will connect to the Spine in […]
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NHS Direct on a mission to explain
Matt Tee has been CEO of NHS Direct for the past four months, he told us of his plans for the organisation.
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NHS Choices in offensive passwords blunder
More than 200 GP practices were sent offensive passwords for the Department of Health’s flagship website NHS Choices last week, five days before the second release of the site was due to be launched. The error, which happened on November 14, was quickly identified and within two hours the NHS Choices team had contacted all […]
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DH maintains commitment to choice
Health secretary Alan Johnson has pledged a commitment to choice, despite pulling the plug on a series of independent sector treatment initiatives. In a written ministerial statement, Johnson said: “We remain committed to choice, to empower patients and drive improvements in the quality of care. For choice to be truly effective, and for all providers […]
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Practices told to update own NHS Choices details
The Department of Health says it is trying to improve the accuracy of primary care information on its flagship NHS Choices website to more than 90% but plans to get GP practices to update their own details in future. The multi-million pound website, developed by healthcare information firm Dr Foster Intelligence together with LBi and […]
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Pharmacists urged to check NHS Choices data
Pharmacy representatives have advised pharmacists to check that information about their pharmacies on the NHS Choices website is correct or risk losing out when release two of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) begins later this year. The Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) has told community pharmacists to verify the information on NHS Choices, in particular […]
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More recalling choice but figures remain low
Almost half of patients referred to hospital by their GP can recall being offered choice, according to fully published results of the Department of Health’s (DH) National Patient Choice Survey from March 2007. However, provisional findings from the latest May 2007 survey show a fall in the recall of choice, with just 44% saying they […]
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Patient survey results to be added to NHS Choices
The Department of Health is to add patient survey results to GP practices’ listings on the primary care section of the NHS Choices website. GPs will also be able to update their own surgery details on the site following criticism that the DH’s new flagship website contains out-of-date and inaccurate information on GP practices. A […]
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NHS Choices criticised over duff information
The Department of Health’s new flagship website NHS Choices contains GP practice information which in some cases is at much as six years out-of-date, EHI Primary Care has learnt. Doctors claim the new multi-million pound site, developed by Dr Foster Intelligence together with LBi and Sapient, contains incorrect information on GP surgeries including inaccurate opening hours, […]
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Map of Medicine partners with NHS Choices
Map of Medicine, an NHS-funded knowledge management tool, is partnering with the new NHS Choices website to provide patients with access to its Healthguides clinical information. Healthguides has been created by more than 500 doctors and nurses to give users the same in-depth clinical information used in the NHS, in charts. The website will aim […]
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