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28 December 2008

That was the year that was…

Say goodbye to 2008 with E-Health Insider’s news review.
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16 December 2008

Official consultation on 084 numbers

The Department of Health has launched a three month consultation on whether it should ban the use of 084 numbers
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15 December 2008

Emergency and continuity planning strengthened

BT has won a contract from the Cabinet Office Civil Contingencies Secretariat and the Communities and Local Government department to
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9 December 2008

Informatics Planning Guidance for primary care

Local health communities must fix a two-year timeline for the full roll-out of the NHS Summary Care Record and move
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8 December 2008

JAC wins South African pharmacy contract

Medicines management software specialist JAC has won a contract to provide the latest version of its pharmacy management software to hospitals
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3 December 2008

IT underpins NHS reform in Queen’s speech

The government is planning to introduce a health bill to Parliament that will require further investment in IT and new
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2 December 2008

Asian HIV/Aids Database launched

A new UN-backed website has launched providing details of HIV/AIDS prevalence in the Asia Pacific region, bringing together a host
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28 November 2008

Hungary signs e-health deal with GE Healthcare

The Hungarian government has awarded GE Healthcare a €3.3m deal to lead a project on developing telecare services for elderly
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28 November 2008

NHS Tayside and Lanarkshire guilty of data breaches

Two Scottish health boards have been found in breach of data protection laws for leaving patients’ personal information on paper
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27 November 2008

Lib Dems demand tougher data protection

The Liberal Democrats are calling on the Department of Health to publish minimum standards for the protection of data on
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