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Slight increase in satisfaction with PBC data quality

GPs have become marginally more satisfied with the quality of the data they receive for practice-based commissioning over the past
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One in ten hospital episodes miscoded

Almost one in ten hospital episodes is incorrectly coded, according to an analysis carried out by the Audit Commission. The
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Choice on the buses

Solihull NHS Care Trust and Birmingham East and North Primary Care Trust have launched a four month advertising campaign for
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Call for information investment in PBC groups

The NHS Alliance is calling for practice-based commissioning groups to be given the money to fund their own information needs.
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GPs shape the future of health IT

In the latest column from NHS Connecting for Health, Peter Short, one of the agency’s national clinical leads for GPs,
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Swindells says Darzi 50 per cent about information

Matthew Swindells has said that the NHS Informatics Review sets an unprecedented information challenge.
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New information tools promised for commissioning

The Department of Health is to develop new technology systems over the next year, to help commissioners achieve the goals
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Access to NHS care records may be widened

The Department of Health is to review extending access to the NHS Care Records Service to non-NHS staff, and bodies
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QoF to be re-focused on health promotion

Lord Darzi’s NHS review outlines plans to overhaul the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QoF) to place a greater emphasis on
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Darzi review stresses choice and information

Greater choice, better information and a legal duty for strategic health authorities to promote innovation are key themes of the
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