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7 December 2009

Brown streamlines government with IT

Gordon Brown has outlined plans to encourage much greater use of information, online services and text messaging in the NHS
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13 November 2009

CfH to crack down on C&B ‘misuse’

NHS Connecting for Heath is hoping to crack down on the misuse of Choose and Book through new guidance that
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10 November 2009

NHS Direct aims to become ‘web first’

NHS Direct aims to shift a ‘substantial amount’ of its work from the telephone to the web next year, its
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27 October 2009

Survey calls for IT to help deaf

More than half of deaf and hearing impaired patients regularly face difficulties communicating with their GP surgery and would like
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26 October 2009

DH promotes C+B to beat strike

The Department of Health is encouraging GPs and hospitals to use NHS Choose and Book and secure text messaging to manage
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12 August 2009

One in three don’t collect anti-virals

More than one in three people have failed to collect their anti-viral medicine after being issued with an authorisation number
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11 August 2009

Lack of C+B slots increases again

Lack of slot availability on Choose and Book has risen to affect almost one in five appointments after falling at
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30 July 2009

London PCTs pilot polysystem IT

Two London primary care trusts have been chosen to work on a pilot project looking at interoperability in polyclinics.
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22 June 2009

Attack takes down Notts network

A network problem in Nottinghamshire left around 20 GP practices without access to their clinical system or internet and email
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17 June 2009

Choose and Book 4.2 with SNOMED ready

Choose and Book is launching a major upgrade to its service at the end of this month.
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