NHS Oldham cuts power and carbon costs
NHS Oldham has announced that it expects to save £41,000 from its annual energy costs thanks to energy efficient IT solutions installed at its flagship integrated care centre.
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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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Paris on the Mersey
St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has chosen Logica to provide the Paris system to support child health and community services in the North West.
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More EPS R2 sites being planned
More sites are due to go live with Release 2 of the Electronic Prescription Service over the next few weeks, according to NHS Connecting for Health. A spokesperson for CfH told EHI Primary Care that the Department of Health is in discussion with Leeds, Nottinghamshire County and North East Lincolnshire primary care trusts and expects to […]
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Wolverhampton moves GPs to PCT network
Wolverhampton City Primary Care Trust is moving all its GP practices on to its network as part of a major initiative to improve data security. So far, 56 of Wolverhampton’s GP practices have been moved across to the PCT network in a project that began in September 2008. The PCT expects to complete work at a final […]
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Pedometer use cuts diabetes risk
Using a pedometer as part of a structured education programme could reduce the chances of developing Type 2 diabetes by more than 50%, reveals a new Diabetes UK-funded study. The study focused on 98 people with prediabetes – a precursor to Type 2 diabetes in which people have raised blood glucose (sugar) – and examined […]
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A year in review
A year in the life of TPP
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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One in three GPs say PBC data poor
More than one in three GPs actively involved in practice-based commissioning rate the quality of information and data they receive for PBC as poor
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