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Massive disparities in GP IT spend

Expenditure on GP IT varies enormously nationwide from between just 50p per head of population in Wiltshire to nearly £10
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This year’s top model

A project to let feedback influence commissioning was a winner at the EHI Awards 2012 and will feature at EHI’s
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CSU numbers drop again

The steady process of attrition of commissioning support units is continuing, with the NHS Commissioning Board announcing that another two
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Telehealth helps during cold snap

A Leicester telehealth and telecoaching project has reported higher than expected success in keeping patients with chest problems out of
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Southern CSU focuses on intelligence

NHS South Commissioning Support Unit will focus on making valuable intelligence readily available to commissioners and managing their external IT
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CCGs get £186m for IT

Clinical commissioning groups will get £186m a year to spend on GP IT.
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CSUs to spend £670m a year

The commissioning support units that will come into being on 1 April will spend around £700m a year on IT
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Pathfinders losing their way

The government’s telehealth pathfinder scheme looks certain to fail to deliver a target of 100,000 telehealth users this year.
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NHS CB appoints director of data

The NHS Commissioning Board has appointed Ming Tang as director of data and information management systems.
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‘Air traffic control’ for Cumbria

Cumbria's clinical commissioners have bought an ‘air traffic control’ system for referring patients from Strata Health.
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