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Tech industry concerned about NICE appraisal cuts

  The Association for British Healthcare Industries (ABHI) has expressed concern that the National Institute for Clinical Excellence’s reduction in
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Fujitsu signs with Cerner for South

Fujitsu Services has officially awarded a contract to Cerner Ltd in order to provide its Millennium clinical software to NHS
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Stigma? What stigma?

Jim Thomson, chief executive of the Centre for Mental Health, strongly argues for greater regulations on online pharmacies and the
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GP negotiators considering extra C+B incentives

GP representatives and the health department’s pay negotiators are looking at ways that GPs can be paid through the GMS
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Record-keeping weakest link in QoF scores

The worst performing indicator group in the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QoF) last year was records and information, according to
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CfH business plan indicates delivery delay

NHS Connecting for Health has issued its first annual business plan listing the agency’s achievements and setting out a programme
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Birmingham hospital upgrades servers for NPfIT

University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust has installed new servers and support infrastructure in order to pave the way for
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Health professionals urged to share child information

Health professionals should lower the threshold at which they seek information from other agencies over concerns about children and young
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Predictive risk software launched for NHS

  New predictive risk software which will provide the NHS with an ‘early warning’ system to help some patients avoid
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Illegal online pharmacies ‘threat to public health’

A paper published by think-tank the Centre for Reform has warned of the dangers of unregulated online pharmacies and is
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