Around 350 GP consortia likely

The number of GP commissioning consortia that will be formed as primary care trusts are scrapped is likely to be
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Stockport Health Record shares data

GP system supplier Microtest and clinical record specialist Graphnet Health have announced the successful implementation of a data-sharing system at
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Revolution hard in tough times – BMA

Delivering the Department of Health’s Information Revolution will be “extremely challenging” within the financial constraints being felt by the NHS,
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Info revolution will ‘erode privacy’

Department of Health plans to give patients control of their records will erode patient privacy, a leading medical defence body
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NHS Direct contacts move online

NHS Direct’s online services were used more often than its telephone helpline during the festive season, newly-published statistics show.
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Wolverhampton manages docs with PCTI

Wolverhampton City Primary Care Trust has awarded a contract to PCTI to supply its document management and electronic document transfer
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Pick of EHI Primary Care 2010

The implications of the government’s overhaul of the NHS dominated the minds of those working in and for the health
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Dentists to learn the painful tooth

Dentists have become the latest group of healthcare professionals to be subject to ratings from their patients.
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QRISK lifetime risk tool developed

The creators of the QRISK tool for identifying patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease have developed a new “lifetime
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Surrey signs £325,000 deal with PCTI

PCTI has been awarded a contract to supply its document management software Docman, Intellisense and EDT to 66 GP practices
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