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Outsourcing explored for NHS Choices

19 July 2013 12:00 AM

NHS England is looking to outsource the provision of the “daughter of NHS Choices” beyond April 2014.

NHS Direct 0845 closure costs £70m

18 July 2013 4:01 PM

The decommissioning of NHS Direct’s 0845 telephone service in favour of NHS 111 has cost nearly £70m, says a National Audit Office report.

Dr Chaand Nagpaul new GPC chair

18 July 2013 3:10 PM

Dr Chaand Nagpaul has been elected as the new leader of the BMA’s GP Committee.

All trusts rated by 2015

18 July 2013 10:18 AM

All NHS trusts will have an ‘Ofsted-style’ rating by the end of 2015 under new hospital inspection plans announced by the Care Quality Commission.

Birmingham Women’s gets Lorenzo go-ahead

18 July 2013 12:00 AM

Birmingham Women’s NHS Foundation Trust has had its business case to deploy the advanced bed management functionality of Lorenzo approved by the CSC LSP Programme Board.

Norfolk trials e-prescribing

18 July 2013 12:00 AM

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust is piloting e-prescribing on one of its wards before rolling it out across the trust.

Senior task force working on IG

17 July 2013 4:03 PM

A high-level task force at NHS England is working on solutions to information governance issues that are stopping commissioners from accessing patient confidential data.