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Wales nears 70 per cent e-referrals

23 January 2012 12:00 AM

Nearly 70% of GP practices across Wales can send hospital referrals electronically via the Welsh Clinical Communications Gateway.

Patient access concerns voiced by GPC

20 January 2012 12:00 PM

GP leaders have said they are concerned giving patients access to their online record could risk their medical history being used against them, and may create more work for GPs having to explain medical terms to worried patients.

3millionlives concordat signed

20 January 2012 12:00 AM

The Department of Health formally launched its 3millionlives campaign on the day that the 2020 Health think-tank urged the NHS to learn from the telehealth experience of the US Veterans Health Administration.

Epsom embraces the Trip Advisor era

20 January 2012 12:00 AM

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust is publishing patient satisfaction ratings on its website.

Bacon calls for halt on Millennium

19 January 2012 2:35 PM

Conservative MP Richard Bacon has called for a halt to all Cerner Millennium deployments following appointment problems and delays at the latest trusts to go-live with the system – North Bristol and Oxford.

RCN and RCM come out against bill

19 January 2012 11:49 AM

The Department of Health has expressed its “disappointment” with the decision of two royal medical colleges to announce their opposition to the Health and Social Care Bill.

Praxis commits to encrypt patient data

19 January 2012 10:56 AM

An Isle of Man care provider has pledged to encrypt all personal data on portable devices after an employee lost an unencrypted memory stick holding care and mental health information on 150 individuals last year.