One third of PCT-practice agreements signed
Just over a third of primary care trust-practice agreements for the GP Systems of Choice framework had been signed by the end of the year, according to NHS Connecting for Health. Latest figures published by the agency show that 2,514 agreements had been signed by 19 December out of a possible 7,519. CfH had originally hoped that […]
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Lib Dems demand tougher data protection
The Liberal Democrats are calling on the Department of Health to publish minimum standards for the protection of data on mobile devices after compiling research on more than 150 cases of data loss in the NHS. The party used the Freedom of Information Act to ask strategic health authorities about ‘serious untoward incidents’ involving data […]
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South Birmingham podiatrists first to get Lorenzo
Podiatrists at South Birmingham Primary Care Trust have become the first in the country to receive a version of iSoft’s Lorenzo software under the NHS National Programme for IT. The podiatrists began to use the service after the system went live a week ago. In a statement to EHI NHS Connecting for Health said. "We […]
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Choice on the buses
Solihull NHS Care Trust and Birmingham East and North Primary Care Trust have launched a four month advertising campaign for patient choice and Choose and Book. The campaign, which started this week, will see advertisements placed on 124 buses, 85 bus stops and 48 billboards along major bus routes in the area. The two organisations […]
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Pfizer partners with PCT on telephone care
Pfizer is working with a PCT to deliver telephone-based care management expects to sign up more PCTs within the next two years. UK Pfizer Health Solutions (PHS) has been working with the Birmingham East and North East PCT since April 2006 to deliver Birmingham OwnHealth, a nurse-led telephone care management programme. The PCT now plans […]
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Some NPfIT PAS systems barely used
A number of Connecting for Health funded patient administration systems installed in primary care and community trusts, are only being used by a handful of staff.
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Bupa completes Choose and Book integration
NHS patients in England will now be able to ‘Choose and Book’ treatment at a local Bupa hospital using the health service’s electronic booking service. The Department of Health appointed Bupa Hospitals to offer NHS patients the choice of NHS treatment in August 2006, after announcing extended choice in May. Since then the private hospital group has […]
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Fujitsu picks McKesson for Child Health
McKesson has been selected by Fujitsu to provide its CarePlus child health software to NHS trusts across the South of England under the NHS IT modernisation programme. Fujitsu is the prime contractor – or local service provider (LSP) – for the £12.4bn NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in the South, responsible for upgrading NHS […]
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BMA votes for non co-operation on central records
Doctors have voted for a public inquiry into NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) and have called on the BMA to advise doctors not to co-operate with the centralised storage of medical records. The National Programme for IT was the subject of strong criticism at the association’s annual representative meeting (ARM) this week where doctors claimed the […]
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No new money for GPSoC – now due July
Funding for the GP Systems of Choice initiative will come from existing Connecting for Health funds rather than new funds, with the scheme still awaiting Treasury approval. Dr Gillian Braunold, joint GP clinical lead for CfHonnecting for Health, told EHI Primary Care last week that the business case has not yet been signed off by […]
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