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IT vital to deliver care closer to home, DH says

Fast and efficient communication between primary and secondary care systems is needed to enable care to be delivered closer to
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Nurses use laptops for home visits in Alston

Community nurses in the small town of Alston, Cumbria will be able to visit housebound patients and keep track of
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NHS failing on offering patients choice

The NHS is failing to offer patients a choice of hospital for their outpatient appointments with barely 10% of primary care
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A quarter of GPs say IT systems not working well

Almost one in four GPs believe their practice IT system is not working effectively, according to a major BMA survey
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Patient pressure to drive Choose and Book

Choose and Book boss Dr Stephen Miller explains why he believes it will be patients that force the adoption of
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Choose and Book to end financial incentives

Financial incentives to encourage GPs to use Choose and Book will end in just over six months and patients will
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IT underpins development of NHS Direct

NHS Direct is banking on new technology to help deliver better services and cope with record levels of demand, Joe
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Wanless warns NPfIT risking NHS modernisation

In a review of NHS modernisation efforts Sir Derek Wanless has criticised the slow progress of the National Programme for
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Practices urged to decide on systems by year end

Connecting for Health (CfH) wants all GP practices in England to decide whether they want to stick with their existing
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Wait for early SCR results before rollout, says BMA

The British Medical Association (BMA) has told the Department of Health (DH) that it wants to see no further rollout
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