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24 July 2007

Choose and Book’s new champion

A system that has managed to book 4.4m hospital appointments for patients in England must be doing something right. So
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24 July 2007

Over 90 percent of patients recall choice discussions

More than 90% of patients who were referred to hospital in the first three months of this year discussed choice
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20 July 2007

EMIS goes national with digital TV appointment booking

Primary care IT supplier EMIS has extended its online appointment booking service so that patients can now book GP surgery
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17 July 2007

Slow progress on Choose and Book

Uptake of Choose and Book has made slow progress since the beginning of this year, according to latest figures from
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5 July 2007

Training Day DNAs

While the NHS strives hard to cut its DNA - 'did not attend' - rates for patients attending hospital and
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5 July 2007

Decision support could improve bowel cancer diagnosis

Computerised decision support systems could help to improve the process of identifying patients at risk of bowel cancer, researchers argue.
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4 July 2007

Oxfordshire council uses web-based bed booking

Oxfordshire County Council have started using a new online care bed vacancy database and booking system, using technology from OLM
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26 June 2007

BMA conference says C+B limits patient choice

The British Medical Association’s annual conference has condemned Choose and Book as currently unfit for purpose and claimed the scheme
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19 June 2007

GPs say Choose and Book currently ‘unfit for purpose’

GP representatives have rejected calls for Choose and Book to be suspended but have branded the scheme as currently unfit
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12 June 2007

Choose and Book, 152 PCT stories

In the latest article from the clinicians leading Connecting for Health, Dr Mark Davies the clinical director for Choose and
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