Efficiency

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16 September 2009

NHS Direct Wales ‘needs new direction’

NHS Direct Wales provides a valuable service but needs to be better integrated into the wider unscheduled care system, according
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10 September 2009

Arctic blast

A think-tank recently ranked its funding forecasts for the NHS from ‘tepid’ to ‘arctic.’ Sarah Bruce asks what that will
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10 September 2009

Setting records straight

Peter Short, national clinical lead GP, NHS Connecting for Health, discusses the recent Shared Record Professional Guidance.
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8 September 2009

Microsoft asks NHS what next for its EwA

Microsoft is running a consultation to ask NHS IT professionals what they want to see in a future Enterprise wide
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14 August 2009

Seven win £20m digital dictation deals

Seven suppliers of digital dictation, voice recognition and outsource transcription software have been awarded a framework contract covering the supply
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13 August 2009

In defence of the Spine

Ewan Davis surprises himself by setting out the case in defence of the NHS Spine. He argues that if we
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23 July 2009

NHS IOW cuts costs with ScriptSwitch

NHS Isle of Wight says it has cut its prescribing costs to more than 9% below the national average through the
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20 July 2009

Funding forecast is colder than ever

The NHS would have to make historically unprecedented productivity gains to close the gap between its likely funding after 2011
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14 July 2009

Lord Darzi quits government

Lord Darzi is to resign as a health minister but to retain a role as a government advisor. Downing Street
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13 July 2009

King’s picks McKesson whiteboard system

One of London’s largest hospital trusts is to scrap its manual whiteboards and install a real time room and patient
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