Dept of Health

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24 September 2004

NHS electronic appraisals to be extended

An online package for filling out NHS appraisals is to be extended from GPs and consultants to more levels of
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20 September 2004

Children’s e-health strategy focuses on shared records

An information strategy published as part of the new Children’s and Maternity Services National Service Framework focuses on how health information
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19 August 2004

Pharmacies may soon open online, says DH

The Department of Health have announced that solely internet-based pharmacies may soon be allowed to open in the UK and
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20 July 2004

MRSA reporting to be improved by electronic lab link

Long-standing data quality problems with recorded occurrences of MRSA may be improved by the introduction of electronic incident reporting systems in
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12 July 2004

Treasury plans £6.8bn NHS savings through IT

Today’s Gershon report, “Releasing resources to the front line: Independent Review of Public Sector Efficiency", has said that IT reform
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8 July 2004

Private sector to help IT innovation in new scheme

An initiative launched by the DH yesterday aims to encourage the sharing of innovative ideas between individual NHS organisations in England, with
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6 July 2004

Patient and clinical advisory boards to be replaced

A new Care Record Development Board (CRDB) is to be created to help ensure NHS IT helps deliver better patient
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1 July 2004

BMA asks for clarity on care record issues

Doctors at the British Medical Association’s Annual Representative Meeting at Llandudno have demanded that the NHS Care Records System should not
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24 June 2004

Big savings for NHS PASA through internet auctions

A report published today has shown that the NHS Purchasing And Supply Agency’s (PASA) pilot of eAuctions has been a
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17 June 2004

Blair: Choose and Book historic development

Tony Blair has defended the development of the NHS’s Choose and Book programme, the new name for the new NHS
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