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26 November 2008

Hard Times?

What does this week’s pre-budget report mean for the NHS and its IT? Fiona Barr investigates.
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26 November 2008

Electronic fit notes to replace sick notes

An electronic ‘fit note’ is to replace paper sick notes from 2010 in a bid to get more people back
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25 November 2008

Pre-budget report targets NHS efficiency savings

Billions of pounds of extra efficiency savings are to be required from public sector organisations, including the NHS, the Chancellor of the
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21 November 2008

Data identified as key factor in PBC failure

Lack of high quality data is one of the key factors behind the poor progress of practice-based commissioning, the King’s
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19 November 2008

Left to their own devices?

An E-Health Insider survey has revealed a mixed picture on mobile device security. Stephen Pritchard reports.
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19 November 2008

Think-tank calls for QoF to be devalued

The value of the Quality and Outcomes Framework should be reduced from 30% of GP income to just 7%, according
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19 November 2008

Survey reveals mixed picture on device security

NHS organisations have tightened up on mobile device security in response to the recent spate of data breaches from the
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18 November 2008

IT costs factored into organ donor decision

The UK Organ Donation Taskforce this week came out against moving to a system of presumed consent for organ donation,
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11 November 2008

Promised safety alarms not delivered

Four out of five community nurses do not have access to a personal safety alarm despite a government pledge to
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10 November 2008

Patients’ prospectus launched on NHS Choices

The Department of Health has published its promised patients' prospectus, setting out the support that people living with long term
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