North East Ambulance selected as Ambulance GDE
North East Ambulance Service NHS Trust has been selected to be one of four ambulance services to become a Global Digital Exemplar.
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BMA says SCR roll-out ‘too hasty’
The BMA has criticised the roll-out of the Summary Care Record programme, claiming patients do not have enough information and that it is too hard for them to opt out.
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Ten more PCTs given OK on EPS R2
Ten additional primary care trusts are to be given permission to go ahead with release two of the Electronic Prescription Service.
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NHS North East Essex set to launch SCR
NHS North East Essex is launching its Summary Care Record programme this week and 12 other primary care trusts in East of England plan to follow by 1 April.
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Summary record roll-out builds momentum
Five NHS strategic health authorities, covering half of England, are planning to begin roll-outs of the Summary Care Record in the New Year.
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NHS North East Essex prepares for EPS R2
NHS North East Essex is preparing patients for the go-live of Release 2 of the national Electronic Prescription Service. Pharmacies have started to invite patients to nominate the pharmacy at which they would like to receive their prescription. NHS North East Essex expects to dispense its first electronic prescriptions from April 2010. Pharmacies in its […]
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Local campaigns for NHS Number
The Department of Health and NHS Connecting for Health have announced that they will not be launching a public awareness campaign to promote the NHS Number. Despite receiving a number of queries from local organisations, the NHS Number Programme has instead laid out advice on how organisations can improve public awareness of the number and […]
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North East Essex runs pilot with Tunstall
NHS North East Essex has announced that it plans to install 40 telehealth units by September in a pilot project with telehealth equipment supplier Tunstall. The primary care trust hopes the units will reduce emergency hospital admissions and improve the quality of life of patients with long term conditions. The pilot will involve patients with […]
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Detailed Care Records for 3.5m patients
More than 3.5m patients in Yorkshire and the Humber now have a Detailed Care Record for primary and community care, in one of the lesser-known success stories of the National Programme for IT in the NHS.
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