Choose and Book

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24 March 2009

James Cook says C+B led to DNA rise

Another hospital department has reported an increase in its did-not-attend (DNA) rate for patients whose appointments were made through Choose
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17 March 2009

Choose and stuck

Choose and Book usage is stuck at around 50%. Are there fundamental problems with the electronic booking system?
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26 February 2009

SHAs take on Choose and Book

Strategic health authorities are to be given responsibility for sorting out technical problems with Choose and Book. NHS Connecting for
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16 February 2009

Heart of England connects with Quicksilva

Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust has signed a deal with Quicksilva to enable it to get direct access to
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13 February 2009

Wiltshire Health signs deal with System C

System C has signed a five-year contract with a consortium of GPs in Wiltshire providing services in the community that were
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12 February 2009

Choose and Book contract extended

The Department of Health has signed a two year extension with Atos Healthcare for the national Choose and Book contract.
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12 February 2009

Follow my leader

In the latest feature from NHS Connecting for Health, Dr Raj Kumar and Dr Andrew Coley discuss the NHS Clinical
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6 February 2009

Little local difficulties with C+B

Health minister Ben Bradshaw has told MPs that local implementation issues are at the root of most complaints about Choose
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3 February 2009

Choose and Book increases DNAs

Attendance in outpatient clinics is worse for patients referred via Choose and Book than for those given an appointment after
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27 January 2009

Choose and Book makes variable impact

GPs and consultants are still struggling to make Choose and Book work as intended, according to new research carried out
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