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13 October 2003

Nhs.uk to provide information for Patient Choice

Patients will be encouraged to use the NHS online service, nhs.uk, to gather information about NHS hospitals when they are
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9 October 2003

E-Booking presented as a step towards patient-centred NHS

A new £64.5m national contract for e-booking between GP surgeries and acute hospitals in England was presented by the government
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9 October 2003

Granger says firms will sign up to terms and conditions

  NHS IT Director General Richard Granger, has rejected claims that the terms and conditions included in contracts for the
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9 October 2003

PC framework deal agreed for NHS

A framework contract to deliver 55,000 PCs to the NHS over the next six-months as part of the National Programme
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7 October 2003

Patients positive on ICRS but worried about security

Patients are positive about the government’s planned Integrated Care Records Service (ICRS), but cautious about security issues and unhappy about
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7 October 2003

National Programme to sign first contract

Tomorrow morning Secretary of State for Health John Reid and NHS IT director-general Richard Granger will announce that SchlumbergerSema offering
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3 October 2003

Hull-York students learn with virtual patients

Students at the Hull-York Medical School have become the first in England to incorporate the use of online virtual patients
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2 October 2003

NPfIT launches patient and clinician advisory groups

The National Programme for IT (NPfIT) has launched two new consultative groups to help shape the future direction of the
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2 October 2003

Missing IT Funds Threaten GP Contract

One of the BMA’s leaders on IT issues has warned that the new GP contract is at risk unless the
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1 October 2003

First LSP Contract Award Dates Slip

The National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in the NHS has confirmed that deadlines have slipped for the award of the
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