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Archive: 2005

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3 March 2005

Patient records on spine to be accessed via PDA

Oracle, who are providing infrastructure for the NPfIT for the NHS data spine, have signed a partnership deal with Medify
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2 March 2005

‘ID card’ devices to protect lone NHS staff

NHS staff working alone in the community are to be issued with mobile communication devices designed to help them call
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2 March 2005

PACS data stores to get central funds

The Department of Health has announced that it will centrally fund the capital and revenue costs of five Cluster Data
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1 March 2005

MPs told ETP plans may jeopardise patient choice

Pharmacist representatives have told MPs that plans to allow GPs and other prescribers to nominate a patient’s pharmacy for electronic
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28 February 2005

First ETP pilot goes live under the national programme

Ling House Medical Centre and Co-operative Group Pharmacy in Keighley, West Yorkshire, have become the sites to use Electronic Transmission
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28 February 2005

NHS turns to online training on MRSA

An online training course about MRSA (methycillin-resistant Staphyllococcus aureus) infection now has users in over 300 NHS primary care and
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25 February 2005

Scotland procures cardiac surgery information system

NHS Scotland has awarded the procurement of a tailored national cardiac surgery information system from Belfast firm Tomcat, which will
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24 February 2005

National rate NHS phone numbers to be banned by April

The Department of Health has today confirmed that they will prevent GPs, local surgeries and dentists from using national (0870
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24 February 2005

BMA queries commissioning and e-booking link

The BMA has criticised technical guidance from the Department of Health (DH) which it says explicitly links the uptake of
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23 February 2005

Integrated IT system installed in central health lab

The Central Public Health Laboratory (CPHL), Colindale, has completed the installation of a new Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) which
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