Commissioning

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Give me more

Westmorland is making GP commissioning work; not least because it has sorted out its IT. Fiona Barr talks to Dr
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Lansley: no reprieve for PCTs

Health secretary Andrew Lansley has said there will be no reprieve for primary care trusts and strategic health authorities following
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Revolting people

Lyn Whitfield takes a first look at the consultation on a new information strategy for the NHS; which the government
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DH makes choice an obligation

GPs may be given a contractual obligation to offer choice and hospitals will be required to offer appointments to named
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DH issues ‘info revolution’ strategy

The Department of Health has launched a three month consultation on proposals to deliver an “information revolution” to users of
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DH tenders for QMAS replacement

The Department of Health has published a tender for a GP Payments Calculation Service to calculate payments for the Quality
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Virgin network for Norfolk

NHS Norfolk and Community Health and Care have implemented a new high speed network from Virgin Media Business.
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‘Save expertise’: NHS Confederation

Urgent action is needed to retain good staff working for primary care trusts and to preserve organisational memory as the
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King’s Fund calls for brake on reforms

The case for reorganising the NHS in England has not been made and health ministers should reconsider the speed and
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EHI Awards 2010: the winners

A system that lets paramedics hand over patient details to A&E staff electronically has scooped the top prize in the
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