IT vital to pharmacy progress
Use of the NHS Care Records Service by community pharmacists will be an essential part of the reform agenda for pharmacy services, health minister Phil Hope has said. The minister told the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee’s annual dinner that community pharmacy and the NHS were in a great position to move forward on a number […]
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QoF should tackle health inequalities – MPs
The Quality and Outcomes Framework needs radical revision to fully take account of health inequalities, according to MPs. A report on health inequalities from the House of Commons Health Committee recommends that tackling health inequalities should be an explicit objective during annual QoF negotiations. It says this objective should also have measurable characteristics which could […]
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Telehealthcare project details published
The 12 projects being run alongside the UK’s biggest ever trial of assistive technologies are testing a range of telehealth and telecare innovations, according to a report. Details of the projects being carried out by the Whole System Demonstrator Action Network, a group of 12 PCTs supporting the WSD project, have been published by the […]
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Doc ratings site moves into charity work
The controversial website iwantgreatcare, which allows patients to rate their doctors, is expanding into other areas of NHS work, in a move that aligns with Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s call for public service users to be able to rate them.
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Half of PCT-practice agreements signed
More than 50% of GP practices have now signed their PCT-practice agreement for GP Systems of Choice. Just under 4,000 practices had signed up to the agreement by 27 February, according to figures published by NHS Connecting for Health, leaving 3,286 practices still to do so. The figures show that 37 PCTs have signed agreements […]
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Government turns up the heat on patient power
The government has set out its vision for the future shape of public services, which includes giving patients greater choice and control over their care and more opportunities to input their own experiences. In a white paper published today, Working Together- Public Services On Your Side , the prime minister Gordon Brown says he aims […]
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Vision 3 first GPSoC level 4 system
INPS has announced that its Vision clinical system has become the first GP system to achieve GP Systems of Choice accreditation for its hosted services. NHS Connecting for Health has granted Vision 3 level 4 compliance under GPSoC, which means the system has met its standards for hosted services. Primary care trusts can also claim […]
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At last year’s BT e-Health Insider awards, NHS Choices won the best use of ICT in patient and citizen involvement category, sponsored by Fujitsu, for a new media sexual health initiative in the Humber region.
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DH launches new vision for PBC
Practice-based commissioners are entitled to receive accurate and timely financial and management data and analysis, according to the Department of Health’s newly released vision for practice-based commissioning. The DH says its vision will mark the start of a new drive to see practice-based commissioning working to its full potential. The document, Clinical commissioning: our vision […]
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At last year’s BT e-Health Insider awards, NHS Choices won the best use of ICT in patient and citizen involvement category, sponsored by Fujitsu, for a new media sexual health initiative in the Humber region.
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