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2 April 2012

Unions join BMA in call for pause on 111

The Royal College of Nursing and Unison have added their voices to calls for a pause in the roll-out of
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23 March 2012

Docs rapped for social media abuse

A US study suggests that medical boards are starting to get tough on doctors who act unprofessionally on social networking
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1 March 2012

GPC warns on ‘privatised’ commissioning

The BMA GPC has become the latest body to come out against the Health and Social Care Bill, and voiced
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20 February 2012

More doubts about NHS 111 deadline

Lessons learned from the NHS 111 pilots may be lost because of unrealistic deadlines for the roll-out of the urgent
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17 February 2012

BMA calls for NHS 111 slow-down

The British Medical Association has written to health secretary Andrew Lansley urging him to adopt a “flexible deadline” for the
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8 February 2012

Health Bill faces storm in Lords

The Health and Social Care Bill returns to the Lords today, amid increasingly strident opposition to key elements of the
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3 February 2012

GPs give low rating to Choices comments

GPs and dentists want NHS Choices to consider how patient comments on its website are moderated, saying they are often
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19 April 2011

GPs advised: do IG Toolkit

GP representatives have advised GP practices to complete NHS Connecting for Health’s Information Governance Toolkit, despite concerns about its suitability
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13 April 2011

Govt may review Bill data sharing plans

The Department of Health’s director general of informatics has signalled that the government may be prepared to look again at
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6 April 2011

GP record guidance overhauled

A major overhaul of the good practice guidelines for GP electronic records has been published, with a focus on record
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