Dept of Health

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3 February 2005

Accenture’s LSP boss says delivery to ‘step up’

The managing director of Accenture’s health team has said that the pace of delivery in the North East and Eastern
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1 February 2005

Spoilt for choice

GPs' attitudes towards Choose and Book could cause headaches for the NPfIT, according to a survey in a recent report
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25 January 2005

PR heavyweight appointed to sell NHS CRS

The NHS National Programme for Information Technology (NPfIT) has appointed communications consultancy giant Porter Novelli, part of the global marketing
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25 January 2005

Nursing IT study to look at local systems

The Department of Health has funded a £250,000, two-year study into how nurses use IT when making clinical decisions and
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19 January 2005

NAO finds Choose and Book running late

Technical problems, delays in delivering upgrades and failure to engage GPs means the roll-out of Choose and Book, the national
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18 January 2005

MHRA to let patients report side-effects online

The DH have implemented changes to the way that adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are reported and publicised, including allowing patients
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14 January 2005

DH focuses on ‘self care’ through IT services

The DH have announced the release of a guidance document for supporting self-care of long-term conditions, such as diabetes, that
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13 January 2005

E-booking to miss its appointment

Choose and Book, the programme for providing electronic patient appointment booking, will not deliver a fully featured system across the
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30 December 2004

Record hits for NHS Direct Online over Christmas break

The DH have announced a 30% increase on hits to the NHS Direct website over the Christmas period, the busiest since
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24 December 2004

Health and Social Care chief talks about year ahead

Bob Allen, interim chief executive of the new Information Centre for Health and Social Care, has spoken to E-Health Insider
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