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1 December 2006

Anger at CMO’s request to forward opt-out coupons

England’s chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson has written to all GPs asking them to forward to the Department of
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28 November 2006

Local sealed envelopes ‘probably safer’

A risk analysis conducted for NHS Connecting for Health has concluded that patient care would probably be safer using locally
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27 November 2006

Plans for children’s databases criticised

Government plans for children’s databases could end up putting children at increased risk by diverting resources away from frontline services
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21 November 2006

GPs threaten to block national patient database

One in two GPs have signalled their intention not to upload patients’ clinical details to the NHS Care Records Service
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16 November 2006

BMA issues new guidance on NHS CRS

The BMA Chairman has written to all BMA members to provide them with guidance on the NHS Care Records Service
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2 November 2006

Scottish ECS proving a success

Launched last summer the Scottish Emergency Care Summary is already proving a success making out-of-hours communications more efficient and effective.
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31 October 2006

NHS Scotland aims for electronic records from 2010

Delivering for Health, the board responsible for IT in NHS Scotland, says it will act on the key recommendations of
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24 October 2006

On the road

EHIPC talks to GP clinical lead Professor Mike Pringle about how CfH will use its new national GP engagement workshops.
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16 October 2006

EMIS links with Tiara9 for appointment booking

EMIS have announced they are to link their GP software to Ethical Technology (Ethitec)’s Tiara9 electronic patient record system for
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26 September 2006

CfH changes tack on GP Systems of Choice

NHS Connecting for Health has decided to go out to tender for suppliers to take part in GP Systems of
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