31 August 2010

NHS Direct – number not service to go

Health secretary Andrew Lansley told reporters last week that NHS Direct would be replaced with a new 111 service, but
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17 August 2010

Referral management centres criticised

Providing GPs with more information about referrals would be a more effective strategy for cutting costs and improving quality than
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13 August 2010

Cochrane backs remote monitoring

Remote monitoring of patients with heart failure can reduce deaths and hospital admissions, according to a research review. A Cochrane
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11 August 2010

Assistive technology framework agreement

Government procurement agency Buying Solutions has announced that it has awarded a new framework agreement for assistive technologies. The framework
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10 August 2010

Eleven QoF indicators up for retirement

Eleven indicators are likely to be retired from the Quality and Outcomes Framework next year if recommendations from the National
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10 August 2010

GPs and PCTs told to lead change

GPs and primary care trust managers need to start developing solutions for GP commissioning now, according to joint advice issued
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9 August 2010

Unison may challenge white paper process

Health service union Unison is planning to seek a judicial review over the government’s plans for a massive reorganisation of
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9 August 2010

PCT ends United Health contract early

NHS Northamptonshire has ended its contract for commissioning services with UnitedHealth UK a year early, the primary care trust has
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6 August 2010

NHS Lincolnshire texts patients waits

NHS Choices and NHS Lincolnshire have launched a mobile texting service to deliver instant information on waiting times in A&E
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5 August 2010

NHS £86m website spend confusing

The NHS spends up to £86m a year on thousands of websites that are difficult to find, confusing for patients
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