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18 December 2006

Opt-out consent model to be kept for SCR

 The government is to stick to its plan that patients must opt-out of the NHS Care Records Service (NCRS), although
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18 December 2006

Ministerial review to back summary care records

The government is today expected to announce that it will press ahead with plans to begin trials of a national
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18 December 2006

Revised plan for ‘sealed envelopes’ published

Sealed envelopes are likely to become available from 2008/9, according to the latest briefing paper from NHS Connecting for Health
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18 December 2006

East Surrey goes live with new maternity system

East Surrey Hospital has gone live with the first implementation of a new maternity information system called Eclipse MIS. The
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18 December 2006

Survey shows small improvement in patient choice

More patients are remembering being offered choice, according to the latest results of the Department of Health’s National Patient Choice
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15 December 2006

BCS calls for complete overhaul of NHS IT project

A new report from the British Computer Society has called for a fundamental rethink of the NHS IT programme, including
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15 December 2006

NHS ramps up spend on management consultants

 Spending on management consultants across the public sector has reached a record a record £3bn a year, with an increase
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15 December 2006

Survey shows US appetite for personal electronic records

A US survey has revealed strong support for the concept of personal electronic health records, with those polled seeing them
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15 December 2006

Telecare deal for 500 packages in Cumbria

Five hundred homes across Cumbria are to receive telecare packages following a contract award to suppliers, Tunstall,  by the local county
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14 December 2006

Hounslow installs IP network for new health centre

Hounslow PCT has installed a new ntl:Telewest Business’ IP multimedia network in their new primary care centre to support more
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