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Cardiac surgery outcomes website launches

A public website showing outcomes in adult cardiac surgery is due to be launched today by the Society for Cardiothoracic
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QoF scores likely to continue to rise

Practices will have achieved even higher scores from the Quality and Outcomes Framework in the last 12 months than in
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Large scale takeup of C+B DES predicted

The majority of GP practices in England are likely to sign up for the choice and booking directed enhanced service,
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Information sharing protocol to be devised

A single information sharing protocol for health and adult social care staff is to be developed by the end of
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Trouble continues over online doctor recruitment

Senior clinicians have expressed concerns that the online selection process for student doctors looking for their first placement is not
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Doctors ethics committee undecided on NCRS consent

The British Medical Association’s ethics committee has decided not to back any consent model for the NHS Care Records Service
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Junior doctor placement website crashing, BMA warns

The BMA have expressed concern that medical students applying online for their first jobs as junior doctors have been unable to
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New C+B incentives from April announced

Practices will be able to earn approximately £2000 per partner if they can meet government targets on choice and booking
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Incentives fail to convince GPs on Choose and Book

Only one in three GPs believe the new contract payment for Choose and Book to be introduced from April will
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Welsh EHR content revealed in updated plan

Informing Healthcare, the Welsh healthcare IT programme, has published the second version of its national case, detailing the proposed content
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