Choice

Archive
10 April 2007

£10m NHS service comparison site to be announced

An online comparison site which will enable NHS patients to compare different health services and shop around for a GP
Read More
2 April 2007

Welsh health IT ‘Wizards’ set different path to England

The NHS Wales IT agency Informing Healthcare has announced that it has successfully deployed its first system, an out-of-hours GP
Read More
30 March 2007

Guidance on computerised CBT launched

New implementation guidance for the use of computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (cCBT) for mild mental health conditions such as depression
Read More
22 March 2007

Framework sets out plan for joined up IT

The government has set out a radical plan for joining up health and social care IT systems and sharing information
Read More
19 March 2007

GPs vote against C+B boycott

GP representatives have voted against a boycott of Choose and Book and left it up to individual practices to decide
Read More
19 March 2007

Patient choice moves onto buses

With the government’s target for 90% of GP patient referrals to be done using the electronic Choose and Book system
Read More
13 March 2007

GP representatives consider Choose and Book boycott

A boycott of Choose and Book and non co-operation with the National Programme for IT are among the sanctions to
Read More
12 March 2007

BMA sits on critical Choose and Book survey results

The British Medical Association has decided not to publish its own survey of Choose and Book which is highly critical
Read More
6 March 2007

Exercising Choice

When Connecting for Health appointed its GP clinical leads two years ago, there were three big issues on the primary
Read More
5 March 2007

Personal health records high on HIMSS agenda

Personal health records, patient identification, interoperability and, of course, quality were high on the agenda at the annual Health Information
Read More