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6 January 2009

Hospitals advised to end mobile phone bans

Hospitals in England have been told to consider allowing “more liberal use of mobile phones”, following new guidance issued today
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6 January 2009

Procurement blocks innovation: report

The Policy Exchange has attacked the government for not doing enough to drive innovation in the NHS and called for
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6 January 2009

EU warns iPods can damage hearing

Listening to personal music players at a high volume over a sustained period can lead to permanent hearing damage, according
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6 January 2009

NHS 24 takes call every two seconds

Scottish health helpline NHS 24 received one telephone call every two seconds at the height of demand for its service
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5 January 2009

Quiz of the Year

How did you do in our holiday quiz?
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5 January 2009

NHS anti-obesity drive goes online

The government has kicked off 2009 with the launch of a three-year anti-obesity initiative with a high profile multi-channel advertising
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5 January 2009

New demographics services for Wales

Informing Healthcare is to roll-out its own demographics services from this month after sharing systems with England for more than
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2 January 2009

EU’s online library reopens

The European Union’s huge digital library Europeana, which crashed just after its November launch, has been relaunched. The multilingual site crashed
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2 January 2009

One third of PCT-practice agreements signed

Just over a third of primary care trust-practice agreements for the GP Systems of Choice framework had been signed by
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2 January 2009

Study on progress to European e-health space

Details have been released of a new EU-funded study into measuring progress towards an interoperable e-health space The objectives of
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