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Electronic referrals lack detail, study warns

A study comparing the quality of data content and clinical value of electronic and paper referrals in dermatology has found
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500th practice goes live with SystmOne GP system

  StowHealth Centre has become the 500th practice to go live with the SystmOne integrated GP record system provided by
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GPC says patients should call C+B when no slots available

GP representatives are recommending that practices tell patients to ring the Choose and Book appointments line if they are no
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Information problems highlighted in complaints review

A quarter of second-stage complaints in the English NHS related to information, according to the Healthcare Commission’s report on 16,000
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Milton Keynes PCT mandates Choose and Book use

A primary care trust has told its GPs that referral letters sent direct to a local hospital will be returned
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Most PCTs to miss 90% Choose and Book target

Only one primary care trust in the country appears to have hit the government’s target for Choose and Book to
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Choice surveys to be given to referred patients

GPs taking part in the choice and booking incentive scheme are expected to hand out surveys from the beginning of
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Choose and Book system fails nationally

Unspecified technical problems led to Choose and Book, the NHS’s new national appointment booking service, being unavailable to users for
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Ealing PCT uses text message technology

Ealing Primary Care Trust has launched a mobile phone text message appointment reminder service for 130,000 patients attending 22 of
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Choice questions dropped in survey dispute

Questions for patients on the choice element of the Choose and Book incentive scheme have been dropped from a national
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