Scotland

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3 February 2005

New clinical representative groups to be established

A series of new clinical representative groups are to be established to provide a direct link for the first time
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24 January 2005

Telemedicine recommended for rural areas

Greater use of telemedicine in country areas is one of a broad range of strategies recommended by the British Medical Association
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6 January 2005

Scottish NHS IT reform spend inefficient, says Microsoft

Microsoft’s outgoing director for Scotland and new sales director for Europe, Gordon McKenzie, has spoken out against progress so far
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29 September 2004

Vision users told they cannot be forced to switch

The National Vision User Group (NVUG), the independent body that represents users of InPractice Systems Vision primary care system has
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22 September 2004

Glasgow network makes light work of data display

NHS Greater Glasgow has finalised the installation of a high-speed network that links all 19 PCTs and around half of
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3 September 2004

NHS Scotland begins national EPR procurement

The NHS National Services Scotland, on behalf of NHS Scotland, has issued an OJEU invitation for expressions of interest for
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5 August 2004

The Quality Management and Analysis System (QMAS)

The quality and outcomes framework (QoF) is designed to reward practices for the quality of care offered to their patients
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27 May 2004

MPs told Wales, Scotland and NI passed on NPfIT

The NHS in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales were each approached and subsequently turned down the opportunity to participate in
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12 May 2004

Scottish GPs say GPASS is failing doctors

GPs in Scotland have warned the Scottish Executive that the official Scotland-wide IT system for general practice, GPASS, is failing
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21 April 2004

Lothian upgrades Wise radiology solution

Lothian University Hospitals Trust is to upgrade its Radwise radiology information system (RIS) to a new web-based system with greatly
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