Engagement

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23 March 2005

Hutton departure wounded NPfIT, says researcher

Many difficulties suffered by the National Programme for IT can be traced back to when Professor Peter Hutton resigned as
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22 March 2005

NPfIT to jettison its name…and some suppliers

The National Programme for IT is to change its name to Connecting for Health, NHS IT director-general Richard Granger announced
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17 March 2005

Brought to book

GP Mark Davies, clinical lead for the National Programme for IT's Choose and Book programme, argues the case for Choose
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10 March 2005

UCLH goes live

UCLH is the first to go live with Carecast from IDX; what can other trusts learn from the experience? E-Health
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3 March 2005

IT input for nurses

E-Health Insider speaks to Sharon Levy from the RCN about what steps NPfIT needs to take to engage with nurses,
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1 March 2005

MPs told ETP plans may jeopardise patient choice

Pharmacist representatives have told MPs that plans to allow GPs and other prescribers to nominate a patient’s pharmacy for electronic
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10 February 2005

NPfIT urged to communicate with nurses

The Royal College of Nursing have called for better communication between nursing staff and the National Programme for IT, and
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8 February 2005

Pessimism rife among doctors about NPfIT’s benefits

The latest Medix-UK survey, co-sponsored by E-Health Insider, shows that three years into the NHS National Programme for IT confidence
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20 January 2005

Can you keep a secret?

Subtle changes in the way patient confidentiality in electronic health records is handled slipped out last week. E-Health Insider looks
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19 January 2005

£95m package to boost e-booking uptake

Primary care trusts (PCTs) that offer a choice of hospital treatment to non-emergency patients through the electronic ‘choose and book’
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