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21 July 2005

Bringing CfH into the mainstream

Richard Jeavons, director of IT service implementation at the DH, tells E-Health Insider about his role in pushing IT reform
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21 July 2005

Child health and social care data ‘must fit together’

The proposed national child index that will be used to record and share information about the statutory services being used
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21 July 2005

Fully automated blood transfusion in Oxford

The John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, has now completed a pilot of its fully automated blood transfusion process in five clinical areas
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20 July 2005

Almost all NHS staff happy with ECDL

A new British Computer Society survey has found extremely high levels of satisfaction among NHS staff with the European Computer Driving
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20 July 2005

Ambulance services get digital radios

 The Department of Health has awarded a contract for a new digital radio and communication system for all NHS ambulance
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19 July 2005

Ā£80m telecare grant to shape new care patterns

An £80m grant to shape new patterns of social care using telecare has been announced by the Department of Health
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19 July 2005

Red rose rising

EHI Primary Care talks to Lancashire Care NHS Trust, the first mental health trust in England to receive a PAS
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19 July 2005

Information systems needed for commissioning

Primary care trusts and practices need to urgently discuss how they can develop information systems to support practice-based commissioning according
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19 July 2005

Go live for indirectly bookable services

Wandsworth and Tower Hamlets PCTs in London have gone live with indirectly bookable services (IBS) – the system that enables acute
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19 July 2005

IPPR calls for electronic health record education

  The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has called for the introduction of IT training for socially excluded sections
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