Choose and Book

Archive
6 September 2005

GP negotiators considering extra C+B incentives

GP representatives and the health department’s pay negotiators are looking at ways that GPs can be paid through the GMS
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24 August 2005

NHS smart cards may be re-dealt

The current version of the NHS smart card, being issued to all NHS staff to enable them to access new
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23 August 2005

A new era of choice?

Sean Riddell, deputy managing director of EMIS, examines the current climate five months after the DH announced it would allow
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19 August 2005

‘Unplugged’ Choose and Book offered for download

Connecting for Health have released a browser-based, limited-functionality demonstration of Choose and Book for anyone to download. Entitled Choose and Book
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18 August 2005

Over 1,000 new NHS IT systems deployed

Connecting for Health (CfH), the Department of Health’s IT agency, has said that just over 1,000 system deployments had been made in the
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16 August 2005

PCTs await C+B incentive payment decisions

A straw poll taken by EHI Primary Care has revealed an enthusiastic take-up among PCTs of the Department of Health’s
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15 August 2005

18,000 GPs registered for care records

The number of NHS staff registered to eventually use the national NHS Care Records Service (NHS CRS), when it becomes
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9 August 2005

Crossed wires

Despite a bumpy start, the first booking made with IBS over Choose and Book in Wandsworth was a success, EHI
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9 August 2005

Half of C+B hospitals use indirectly bookable services

Over half the hospitals using Choose and Book are using Indirectly Bookable Services (IBS), according to the latest figures from
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4 August 2005

Patients rate good local services above choice

A report into patient choice has argued that while Choose and Book is seen by the public as a positive service
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