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27 June 2008

Tories promise NHS information revolution

The Conservative Party has promised an ā€œinformation revolutionā€ in the NHS with a focus on health outcomes.
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26 June 2008

GS1 and CfH sign 110 hospitals to ‘scan and save’

Barcode standards specialist GS1 UK says that 110 NHS hospitals across England have now signed up to 'scan and save'.
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26 June 2008

Nordrhein-Westfalen first to use e-health cards

The German government has announced the Nordrhein-Westfalen state will be the first to be given new electronic health cards, once
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25 June 2008

Fujitsu staff talks: 700 possible redundancies

Seven hundred staff working on the NHS Southern Programme for IT face possible redundancy, following the termination of Fujitsu’s £1.1bn
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25 June 2008

DrThom makes the pill available online

Women can now purchase the contraceptive pill using the online medical service, DrThom without having to go to a doctor.
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24 June 2008

NHS leaders see IT as promising NHS opportunity

Over 90% of NHS leaders see IT as a promising opportunity for the NHS over the next ten years, a
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17 June 2008

LMCs call for more recognition of QoF

GP representatives at the BMA’s local medical committees conference have called on the government to place more recognition on the
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16 June 2008

GPs vote to halt Care Record Service development

GP representatives overwhelmingly backed a motion to call a halt to development of the NHS Care Records Service at the
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16 June 2008

Telecare features in governmentā€™s Carers Strategy

Telecare will play a major role in ensuring that the 5.2m carers in England and Wales get to have a
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12 June 2008

CfH overlooks the present at Smart Healthcare

NHS Connecting for Health’s presence at this week’s Smart Healthcare expo left many attendees disappointed. Chief operating officer, Gordon Hextall,
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