Sleepio app to be rolled out across the south of England
The app will be rolled out initially in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire later this month before being introduced in other areas in early 2019.
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Docman delivered to 50 Oxon practices
Document management specialist PCTI has announced that its Docman software has been deployed to more than 50 GP practices in Oxfordshire.
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At least four southern trusts plan for Lorenzo
At least four hospitals in the South of England intend to implement Lorenzo, according to informatics plans, with community and mental health trusts taking systems from both TPP and CSE-Servelec. In NHS South Central, several hospital trusts that have yet to receive a system under the National Programme for IT in the NHS appear to be planning […]
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Oxfordshire council uses web-based bed booking
Oxfordshire County Council have started using a new online care bed vacancy database and booking system, using technology from OLM group, an independent supplier of information solutions for children’s and adult services. The new care home bed vacancy database will be accessible by all the council’s care homes, and staff will be able to update […]
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Bedford Hospital using C+B to manage demand, GPs claim
Bedford Hospital is rejecting GP referrals not made through Choose and Book in an attempt to manage demand for its services, according to local GP representatives. The trust’s decision mirrors that of Milton Keynes PCT which recently told GPs that all referrals to Milton Keynes General Hospital must be made through Choose and Book, as […]
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Choose and Book set to miss 90% referral target
The Department of Health’s target for 90% of referrals to be made through Choose and Book by next March looks almost certain to be missed, as latest figures reveal every strategic health authority is behind schedule. The statistics show that while the average percentage of bookings made through the system is now 27%, many primary […]
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GP wins award for patient record access initiative
Dr Amir Hannan has been awarded this year’s John Perry prize at the British Computer Society’s Primary Healthcare Specialist Group conference in Oxfordshire for his pioneering work in patient record access (PRA) in the UK. The GP and information management and technology lead for Tameside and Glossop PCT won the award for the most important personal […]
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PCTs urged to move C+B from centres to practices
Primary care trusts are being encouraged to dismantle referral management centres that handle Choose and Book so that the work can be carried out in general practice. Some referral management centres or clinical assessment services (CAS) currently handle the entire Choose and Book process including discussing choice options and generating the password required for Choose […]
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Doctors’ support for NPfIT tailing off, says survey
A new survey has revealed that doctors’ support for the aims of the national programme has fallen to 54% from 65% in February, and that the majority of them are still in the dark about its aims. In their biannual poll of doctors, Medix UK asked 400 GPs and 450 hospital doctors about their attitudes to the […]
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