e-referral

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A doctor consults with a patient
21 December 2018

NHS e-Referral Service hits 100m bookings since 2005 launch

Launched in 2005, the service allows patients or clinicians to book appointments in hospital or other care settings online.
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Paper documents
8 October 2018

East Suffolk and North Essex saves hours thanks to automation technology

The technology includes three 'virtual workers', which actively monitor incoming referrals from the national GP eRS in real-time, 24 hours
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5 September 2018

England’s acute trusts beat deadline for e-Referrals switch

In an announcement made at NHS Expo – currently taking place in Manchester – it was revealed 150 acute hospital
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Ripping Up Paper
4 September 2018

North of England rip up paper referrals ahead of October deadline

A total of 47 acute hospital trusts and 2,479 GP practices have now switched, almost five weeks ahead of the
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18 May 2018

GPs refuse to support electronic referrals over patient care fears

Kent Local Medical Committee (LMC) has written an open letter to NHS Digital and a number of Clinical Commissioning Groups
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26 March 2018

New GP contract promises £10m e-referrals investment

A new agreed GP contract for 2018/19 has ensured extra £10m will be spent on implementation of the NHS electronic referrals
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15 March 2018

NHS providers given financial incentive to move to e-referrals

Provider trusts will now only receive payment for outpatient appointments for which the referral was made electronically, in a change
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app round up
22 April 2016

Mobile health and app news in brief

This month's round-up of mobile and app news includes the introduction of free wi-fi at Leeds Teaching Hospitals and a
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21 April 2016

GP e-consultations get £45m fund

A £45 million national programme will be introduced for GPs to increase uptake of online consultations with patients.
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17 December 2015

Ireland races to implement health IT

Ireland has created an Individual Health Identifier for all patients and implemented an e-referral system in half of all its
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