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European judgement casts doubts on NHS CRS consent

A GP campaigning against the consent model for the NHS Care Records Service (NCRS) claims a European Court of Human
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BMA rejects call to ‘abandon’ Choose and Book

The BMA has rejected demands to abandon Choose and Book if it cannot be made fit for purpose within a
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QRisk2 helps to predict risk of heart attacks

Researchers have used anonymised GP records to develop a new method for assessing whether people are at risk from cardiovascular
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Central NHS cancer research database launched

A new £4m NHS National Cancer Intelligence Network (NCIN), which will bring together around 22m NHS cancer records to create
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GPs vote to halt Care Record Service development

GP representatives overwhelmingly backed a motion to call a halt to development of the NHS Care Records Service at the
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GPs call for halt to centrally-held patient records

GP representatives must ensure that a halt is put to the development of centrally-held patient records, this year’s local medical
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Sunderland Teaching PCT signs CareNotes

Sunderland Teaching Primary Care Trust has signed a new deal to deploy CareNotes as the care record system for its
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Six thousand practices switch to Systems of Choice

A total of 94% of eligible practices had switched to a GP Systems of Choice (GPSoC) contract by the deadline
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Upgrades to core software slowed NHS Direct

An upgrade to the NHS Direct triage software led to problems resulting in increases in call lengths of up to
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Scotland to pilot new sexual health system

A new Scottish national sexual health IT system, known as NaSH, will be piloted in the next few weeks in
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