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Good Xmas weather cuts NHS Direct calls

11 January 2012 12:00 AM

NHS Direct and NHS 24 saw a lower number of people using its telephone services over the festive period this year than last year.

TPP develops SystmOne Android app

11 January 2012 12:00 AM

TPP has started to develop an Android app to allow GPs to work on SystmOne when they are away from their desks.

DH accepts Field info plans

10 January 2012 2:30 PM

The long-awaited NHS information strategy will be released by April this year and will contain a plan for access to GP records and details of how the government will make sure that NHS IT systems are interoperable.

Stockport focus on prescribing security

10 January 2012 12:00 AM

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust has briefly delayed plans to go-live with a pilot of iSoft’s electronic prescribing system, amid police investigations into allegations that a nurse tampered with paper prescriptions.

NICE launches QOF indicator consultation

10 January 2012 12:00 AM

A consultation on 20 potential new indicators for the 2013-14 Quality and Outcomes Framework has been launched.

Future Forum calls for access plan

10 January 2012 12:00 AM

The NHS Future Forum has said the government needs to develop a plan to deliver on its commitment to give patients access to their online records by 2015.

Royal Surrey IT manager dismissed

9 January 2012 4:53 PM

Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust’s associate director for informatics has been dismissed following unspecified allegations by an “external source”.