8 July 2008

NHS Lothian declares ‘data amnesty’

A Scottish health board has declared a data amnesty after a community health worker lost a USB stick containing personal
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1 July 2008

QoF to be re-focused on health promotion

Lord Darzi’s NHS review outlines plans to overhaul the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QoF) to place a greater emphasis on
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1 July 2008

NHS Choices gets central role in future health

The DH's flagship website has been given a central role in Lord Darzi’s plans for reforming the health service in
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30 June 2008

Scottish GPs to get choice of systems

The Scottish government is to set up a national framework contract for GP systems and launch a procurement for an
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24 June 2008

CfH awards encryption contracts to three suppliers

Three GP system suppliers have signed a deal with Connecting for Health (CfH) to supply back up tape encryption services
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24 June 2008

NLH to close clinical answers website

The National Library for Health (NLH) is to close its online clinical question and answer service this week despite protests
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20 June 2008

Patient information easily obtained by phone

A team of doctors has warned that confidential patient information can be easily obtained from GP practices over the telephone
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17 June 2008

LMCs call for more recognition of QoF

GP representatives at the BMA’s local medical committees conference have called on the government to place more recognition on the
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17 June 2008

Less than one in twenty patients use NHS Choices

A total of 4% of patients used the NHS Choices website as a source of information to choose their hospital
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11 June 2008

FOI appeal on summary records legal status

A GP campaigning against the consent model for the Summary Care Record has taken his battle to the Information Commissioner’s
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