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Archive
29 June 2007

Talking web pages introduced on NHS Direct

NHS Direct has agreed a deal with Brousealoud.com, specialists in reading web pages aloud for people who find it difficult
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26 June 2007

Summary Care Record now caters for cautious patients

Members of the public who don’t think they want their summary care record shared but would still like to keep
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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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26 June 2007

Tunstall deploy telehealth for COPD at Milton Keynes

Telehealth specialists Tunstall have teamed up with Milton Keynes Primary Care Trust and Milton Keynes Community Alarm Service to help
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21 June 2007

The end of the beginning?

Are we at the end of the beginning of NHS IT modernisation? Jon Hoeksma tests Churchill's famous quote against the
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19 June 2007

No new money for GPSoC – now due July

Funding for the GP Systems of Choice initiative will come from existing Connecting for Health funds rather than new funds,
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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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14 June 2007

DH survey finds improvement in patient choice

Almost half of patients referred to hospital by their GP can recall being offered choice, according to the latest results of the Department
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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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12 June 2007

Poll finds 80 percent want hospital ‘scorecards’ online

An opinion poll commissioned by ‘think tank’ Policy Exchange has found that almost 80% of patients would like more information
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