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4 April 2006

Halligan speaks out on NHS leadership

Professor Aidan Halligan, a former joint senior responsible officer (SRO) for the National Programme for IT, has said that doctors’ substantial pay
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4 April 2006

Wanless calls for telecare to move to mainstream

Telecare should be moved into the mainstream when planning long term care for elderly although its financial impact is difficult
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3 April 2006

NHS Direct staff could face job cuts

Jobs at NHS Direct may be cut by up to a third, and nurses replaced by non-medical call centre operatives,
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3 April 2006

Kiosks have potential for patient feedback

Interactive technology kiosks have the potential to provide healthcare professionals with reliable and valid daily feedback on the quality of
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3 April 2006

Health tie-in needed for social services info spend

The health department has told social services departments to spend new grants for improving information management on systems that tie
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31 March 2006

IT payment offers £4250 for practices in Wales

GP practices in Wales can earn £4250 under a new IT payment scheme worth £2.1 million agreed as part of the
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31 March 2006

No pleasure in Accenture losses, says Granger

Richard Granger, NHS director-general of IT, jokingly told conference delegates today that the $450m losses one of his prime contractors, Accenture,
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31 March 2006

Nurses told they must connect to CfH

Clinical leads have told nurses have to be proactive and to give feedback to Connecting for Health otherwise they risk
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30 March 2006

Meet the suppliers: Intersystems

Linda Davidson speaks to Terry Ragon, CEO of Intersystems, on how complex healthcare systems can be linked together.
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30 March 2006

EMIS pushes for local backup of hosted records

EMIS is to install back-up ‘mirrors’ of centrally hosted patient records in practices using their PCS Web software, in case
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