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24 May 2013

Hunt attacks GPs for OOH and IT issues

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt highlighted problems around sharing patient information as he announced that GPs would take back responsibility for
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1 May 2013

NHS England orders 111 review

NHS England has ordered an urgent review of the roll-out of NHS 111 and the sustainability of the current service
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17 April 2013

Kelsey hails breakthrough for care.data

Tim Kelsey, the national director of patients and information, has claimed a breakthrough in linking-up data flows between secondary and
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16 April 2013

Further call for halt on NHS 111

NHS Clinical Commissioners has called for a halt to the NHS 111 roll-out, as NHS England admits there are lessons
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3 April 2013

‘Postcode lottery’ for GP IT

GPs are at risk of a “postcode lottery” of IT support that will affect practice performance and ultimately patient care,
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28 March 2013

BMA calls to halt NHS 111

GP leaders have called on the government to delay the launch of NHS 111, claiming patient safety is being sacrificed
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22 March 2013

NHS 111 in ‘total meltdown’

The Manchester NHS 111 service went into “total meltdown” on its first night and the BMA’s General Practitioners’ Committee has
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2 January 2013

GP IT faces anxious start to 2013

Primary care IT leaders have expressed concern about the late decisions that are being made on who will be responsible
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10 December 2012

GP contract to reward records access

The Government’s proposed GP contract changes will include new payments for GPs who offer patients online access to their health
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23 October 2012

DH proposes GP contract changes

The government is proposing to change the GP contract to stop financial payments for organisational tasks and reward practices for
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