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20 June 2006

June C+B target for practices scrapped

The June target for referrals through Choose and Book has been scrapped to allow GP practices more time to earn
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20 June 2006

Honour for health informatics technical director

Technical director of Wirral Health Informatics Service (WHIS), Pete Marsh has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours
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19 June 2006

Kent and Medway trusts select McKesson child health

A consortium of acute and primary care trusts across Kent and Medway strategic health authority have selected McKesson’s CarePlus child
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19 June 2006

Bucks PCTs outsource IT support to Lynx

Ninety GP practices and 108 sites in the Buckinghamshire Primary Care division will be covered by a new three-year £600,000
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16 June 2006

NAO gives positive account of NHS CfH

According to the eagerly-awaited National Audit Office report published today the DH and NHS Connecting for Health, the agency responsible
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16 June 2006

Taskforce announced to speed up NCRS

The Department of Health is setting up a taskforce to speed up implementation of the NHS Care Records Service (NCRS)
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15 June 2006

Granger: bricks of the digital NHS coming together

 The pace of delivery of new IT systems to the hospital sector has been "disappointing", says NHS IT director general
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15 June 2006

Too many problems with C+B, says Meldrum

Too many delays and problems have undermined the Choose and Book scheme, according to the leader of the UK’s GPs.
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15 June 2006

Patientline blames losses on ward closures

Patientline has announced yearly losses of £24.7m before tax, which the company has blamed on ward closures and the recent
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14 June 2006

Hewitt urged to block software switch in London

Patricia Hewitt, the health secretary, has been asked to block the possible move by BT to replace its software supplier
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