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16 November 2007

Health secretary’s website wins access award

Health secretary Alan Johnson’s website won the top prize for accessibility in the British Computer Society (BCS) MP Website Awards. Johnson, who
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15 November 2007

Government says no plans to devolve CfH power

The government has rejected calls to hand over greater contractual power to trusts and strategic health authorities.
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23 October 2007

Healthcare booths go on trial in Scotland

Patients in Scotland will be able to get treatments in specialised health booths, as part of a new collaboration between
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16 October 2007

RCN offers distance learning with Open University

The Royal College of Nursing has partnered with the Open University to provide distance learning courses, aiming to create development
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9 October 2007

Patient pressure to drive Choose and Book

Choose and Book boss Dr Stephen Miller explains why he believes it will be patients that force the adoption of
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4 October 2007

South edges towards ‘best of breed’ approach

The re-negotiation of the NHS IT Programme contract between Fujitsu and the NHS in the South of England appears to
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13 September 2007

MPs say EPRs essential but delivery in doubt

Electronic patient record systems are vital to the future of healthcare in England, but there remain big questions and concerns...
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5 September 2007

Granger’s successor remains a mystery

Richard Granger’s successor as chief executive of Connecting for Health and director general of IT at the Department of Health
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22 August 2007

CfH benefits bigger than problems

The new NHS computer system is fraught with problems but offers huge benefits if clinicians play a greater role in
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5 July 2007

Training Day DNAs

While the NHS strives hard to cut its DNA - 'did not attend' - rates for patients attending hospital and
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