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23 January 2006

GPC says summary care record must be ‘opt-in’

The General Practitioner Committee of the BMA on Thursday passed a recommendation for patient data to only be loaded up
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11 January 2006

Call for wider use of decision support

A charity is calling for more widespread use of decision support systems in general practice after a survey it commissioned
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10 January 2006

GP calls for judicial review of NCRS consent

A GP is calling for a judicial review of the government’s consent plans for the NHS Care Records Service (NCRS).
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20 December 2005

GP contract IM&T incentives announced

GPs are to be offered incentives worth up to £70m in total across England to embrace NHS information and management
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24 November 2005

CfH clinical lead predicts consensus on consent

Connecting for Health and the medical profession will be able to reach a consensus on the consent model for the
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21 November 2005

Key role for NCRS in dual registration

The British Medical Association (BMA) has given cautious backing to proposals to allow patients to register with two GP practices
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8 November 2005

CfH to examine health and social care links

Plans to examine how links between electronic health and social care records could be made to work are to be
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31 October 2005

Scotland opts for national electronic health records

The Scottish Executive has announced that they are to follow the recommendations of the Kerr Report and implement a national system
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6 October 2005

NHS 24 report calls for radical review of helpline

A radical review of Scotland’s health helpline NHS 24 has recommended using the new volume predictive technology to ensure the
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4 October 2005

Listening exercise shows support for central database

Support for the idea of a central NHS database and a desire for more ‘joined up’ social and health care
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