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E-learning helps NHS managers understand finance

New e-learning modules which help managers to understand NHS finance have been developed by the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA).
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Report must ‘signal the end of the line for GPASS’

A long-awaited independent report on GPASS ‘must signal the end of the line’ for Scotland’s most commonly used GP system,
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Map of Medicine to pilot PDA access

Map of Medicine are to pilot a PDA-based version of their evidence-based clinical pathway information system for the first time
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Local sealed envelopes ‘probably safer’

A risk analysis conducted for NHS Connecting for Health has concluded that patient care would probably be safer using locally
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CfH GP group to discuss N3 speed problems

GP practices’ concerns about N3 are to be discussed at the next meeting of NHS Connecting for Health’s GP Pan
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Thousands call NHS Direct in poisoning fear

Thousands have been in contact with NHS Direct fearing they may have been contaminated by the radioactive material used to
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Health select committee to investigate NPfIT

An inquiry into the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) will be held by the House of Commons’ health select committee,
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Disk imaging for largest NI community trust

The largest community trust in Northern Ireland, Homefirst Community Health and Social Services Trust, has installed the Universal Imaging Utility
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EMIS offers GP record transfer by CD

All EMIS LV practices in England can now transfer full patient records between practices using a CD, ahead of the
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Neonatal ‘cot locator’ launched

A new software system to help find the nearest hospital cot for critically ill newborn babies has been launched by
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