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Nicholson highlights GP data risks

The Information Commissioner has identified GPs as a data security risk, according to David Nicholson, chief executive of the NHS.
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Hospitals to assess satisfaction ‘in real time’

Health secretary Alan Johnson told the Labour Party conference yesterday that he wants to see NHS trusts collecting “immediate feedback”
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Competition begins to open up in the South

Competition for NHS IT business in the south of England looks set to become a lot more “flexible”, with trusts
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Patient’s awareness of treatment choices stalls

The latest national patient choice survey shows little growth in awareness of the government’s flagship policy on choice with less
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Intellect calls for more IT in diabetes care

The trade association Intellect has expressed disappointment that the Department of Health’s latest policy statement on diabetes fails to give
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The Adventurous 4.0

In the latest column from NHS Connecting for Health, Choose and Book’s national medical director, Dr Stephen Miller, outlines the
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CfH plans to extend practice IT support hours

NHS Connecting for Health has announced plans to extend the support hours provided by GP IT suppliers to cover extended
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Choice on the buses

Solihull NHS Care Trust and Birmingham East and North Primary Care Trust have launched a four month advertising campaign for
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Choose and Book fails to offer choice

Choose and Book failed to deliver its promise of choice of hospital, time and date of apppintment , a newly-published
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South may split between CSC and BT

No single prime contractor may be appointed to replace Fujitsu in the programme to upgrade NHS IT systems in the
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