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23 May 2007

Junior doctors lose High Court case on MTAS

Remedy UK has lost its plea to the High Court for the online Medical Training Application Service (MTAS) to be completely scrapped.
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21 May 2007

BMA chairman resigns over MTAS affair

The chairman of the British Medical Association, James Johnson, resigned from his position last night following criticism of his handling
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16 May 2007

Patients rate choice as a low priority

Choice finished near-bottom of a list of 82 priorities shown to patients in a study carried out for the health regulator,
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15 May 2007

DH ditch junior doctor selection website

The health secretary has announced that the Medical Training Application System, the computerised system used to recruit junior doctors, has
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27 April 2007

Junior doctors’ confidential details openly displayed

The Medical Training Application Service website will be the subject of a Department of Health investigation after an undercover reporter
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25 April 2007

GPs call for halt to cervical cytology screening roll-out

Scottish GPs are calling for the roll-out of a national cervical cytology screening system to be halted because of concerns
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4 April 2007

Hewitt apologises for junior doctor recruitment crisis

The health secretary, Patricia Hewitt, has apologised to junior doctor applicants after the problems experienced by the online system used
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3 April 2007

Missed 90% C+B target to remain for PCTs

The target for 90% of referrals to be made through Choose and Book is to remain for the NHS, even
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22 March 2007

Framework sets out plan for joined up IT

The government has set out a radical plan for joining up health and social care IT systems and sharing information
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12 March 2007

BMA sits on critical Choose and Book survey results

The British Medical Association has decided not to publish its own survey of Choose and Book which is highly critical
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