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13 January 2010

GPC enters the fray on 084 numbers

GP practices can continue to use 084 numbers if they obtain confirmation from their supplier that they are no more
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29 October 2009

Great Lego in the waiting room

Patients have rated more than one in four GP practices on the Department of Health’s controversial scorecard for surgeries since
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20 October 2009

GP ratings site criticised by rival

The GP practice rating service launched by NHS Choices received 1,600 comments in its first 24 hours of operation, according
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14 August 2009

Process measures face QoF chop

Four potential new indicators for inclusion in next year’s Quality and Outcomes Framework together with five indicators that could be
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12 August 2009

Time to change the record?

E-Health Insider's Sarah Bruce gauges reaction to the Conservatives' response to the independent review of NHS IT.
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3 July 2009

Docs call for clinical review of NPfIT

The British Medical Association's annual representative meeting has called for a clinically led review of the National Programme for IT
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12 June 2009

GPs urged to be ‘constantly alert’ on privacy

GPs have been advised to be “constantly alert” to potential threats to patient confidentiality and privacy as their representatives back
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5 June 2009

CfH one of ‘big three’ users of consultants

NHS chief executive David Nicholson has identified NHS Connecting for Health as one of the big three users of management
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3 June 2009

BMA leader calls for NPfIT to be scrapped

One of the leaders of the British Medical Association has described the NHS IT programme as “the worst case of
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6 May 2009

GP IT systems fall short on urgent care

IT and phone systems used by GP practices fail to help practices measure how well they are doing at providing
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