1 October 2008

Trust ditches 0844 number

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust has ditched a recently introduced 0844 number following complaints that it could leave vulnerable
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30 September 2008

UK group urges rethink on drug advertising

An alliance of nine groups representing UK consumers, patients and medical professionals has urged the European Commission to ditch plans
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29 September 2008

CfH clinical lead thinks future may be Lorenzo

NHS Connecting for Health’s clinical lead for hospital doctors has predicted that iSoft’s Lorenzo “could be used more” than Cerner’s
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29 September 2008

Pringle outlines future of PRIMIS +

The strategic director of PRIMIS + has said that the organisation is looking to add value to its CHART audit
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25 September 2008

Hospitals to assess satisfaction ‘in real time’

Health secretary Alan Johnson told the Labour Party conference yesterday that he wants to see NHS trusts collecting “immediate feedback”
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25 September 2008

Alston Healthcare plans telehealth project

Alston Healthcare, one of the Department of Health’s 26 social enterprise pathfinder projects, is working on a telehealth project. The
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24 September 2008

UK Terminology Centre appoints clinical director

NHS Connecting for Health has appointed Dr James Paton as clinical director for the UK Terminology Centre. The centre, which
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24 September 2008

Renal PatientView to attract more users

Thousands more kidney patients are to be encouraged to use Renal PatientView, a secure online service that gives them password-protected
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22 September 2008

Help patients with NHS Number – NPSA

Primary care organisations that have stopped issuing medical record cards should reinstate the practice as a way of informing patients
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22 September 2008

NHS Number Safer Practice Notice issued

The National Patient Safety Agency has urged all NHS organisations in England and Wales to use the NHS Number as
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