Choose and Book

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EU conference in Norway spotlights e-health partnership

European commissioners have called for greater partnerships between both the public and the private sector and between different countries to
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No need to register for Choose and Book yet, says BMA

GP representatives have told GPs that there is no need to complete the registration process for Connecting for Health in
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Data remember

Data transferred between GP systems must be scrupulously examined for errors. E-Health Insider looks at the issues involved and where
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Hardware upgrades may swallow Choose and Book money

Incentive money for Choose and Book may be spent on upgrading hardware to allow e-booking to work, as primary care
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GP says clinical consultation not delivering

A GP involved in advising Connecting for Health has claimed the programme is being mismanaged with professional input ignored and
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Major ministerial reshuffle for health

John Hutton, the health minister whose responsibilities included NHS IT, has been promoted in the post-election reshuffle. He enters the
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‘Connect with GPs’ call for IT modernisers

A GP magazine has called on Connecting for Health (formerly the National Programme for IT) to connect with its readers
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GP-to-GP transfer pilot project begins

The National Programme for IT has begun pilots of GP-to-GP record transfer between practices running EMIS and InPractice Systems, using
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Shedding light

E-Health Insider looks at documents released by NPfIT under FOI and describes how you can also make a request.
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Choose and Book need not stop PBC, say GPC

Concern over Choose and Book should not prevent GPs from getting involved with practice based commissioning, the British Medical Association’s
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