Chronic Medication Service launches
Scottish health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has launched the country’s Chronic Medication Service, which aims to set up shared care records between GPs and pharmacists by the end of the year.
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Scotland launches NHS Inform
Scotland has launched a one-stop health advice service to make it easier for the public to access health information and to provide better value for money.
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NHS Scotland gets Knowledge Network
A professional social networking site for NHS staff in Scotland has been unveiled by Scottish Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon.
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Work needed on NHS 24 – MSPs
"A substantial degree of work" is needed to rebuild confidence in the Scottish health helpline NHS 24, according to members of the Scottish Parliament. The Health and Sport Committee has published a report on out-of-hours care in rural areas that concludes urgent action is needed to resolve shortcomings. The report recommends that health boards should be given […]
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Scotland delivers e-prescription service
Scotland has announced that it has become the first country in the UK to deliver an electronic prescription service, with more than 90% of prescriptions now submitted electronically. Scottish health secretary Nicola Sturgeon said the electronic Acute Medication Service (eAMS) was the first national system of its kind to go live anywhere in the UK […]
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Scotland invests in telehealthcare
Scotland has launched its biggest telehealthcare project alongside 16 other e-health initiatives that will be backed by £1.6m of investment. NHS Lothian and the Scottish Government are to jointly fund a £700,000 large scale telehealth trial that will cover 400 patients with long term conditions, using Intel’s Health Guide. In addition, the government and Atos […]
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NHS Tayside and Lanarkshire guilty of data breaches
Two Scottish health boards have been found in breach of data protection laws for leaving patients’ personal information on paper records at abandoned hospitals. NHS Tayside and NHS Lanarkshire have been ordered to sign an agreement to comply with the Data Protection Act (DPA) or face possible future prosecution. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) found […]
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Scottish NHS gets £1m to secure USB ports
NHS boards across Scotland are to share £1m to help them improve their IT security, beginning with securing USB ports.
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Scottish GPs to get choice of systems
The Scottish government is to set up a national framework contract for GP systems and launch a procurement for an IT system or systems to replace GPASS, according to its new e-health strategy. The plan means Scottish practices are likely to be brought under a Scottish version of England’s GP Systems of Choice (GPSoC) agreement […]
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NHS 24 struggles to cope with rise in calls
NHS 24, Scotland’s national health information phoneline, is struggling to cope with a rise in phone calls from patients. The helpline revealed in its annual review that it had taken calls from almost 1.5m people in the last year, but had answered less calls within its 30 seconds target than the previous year. In its […]
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