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25 September 2007

Scottish and NI GPs top 97 per cent on QoF

GPs in Scotland and Northern Ireland earned more than 97% of the points available from last year’s Quality and Outcomes
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20 September 2007

ASCC ‘symbol’ of return to local procurement

Healthcare software vendor, Ascribe, says the Additional Supply Capability and Capacity (ASCC) framework catalogue, designed to expand the range of
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20 September 2007

IT underpins development of NHS Direct

NHS Direct is banking on new technology to help deliver better services and cope with record levels of demand, Joe
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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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12 September 2007

NHS ICT spend set to hit Ā£2.9bn

The total spend on Information and Communications Technology in the NHS is set to hit £2.9bn in 2007/8 according to
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11 September 2007

Wanless warns NPfIT risking NHS modernisation

In a review of NHS modernisation efforts Sir Derek Wanless has criticised the slow progress of the National Programme for
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10 September 2007

One quarter of patients favour records opt-out

Two-thirds of patients believe the government’s consent plans for the Summary Care Record (SCR) are acceptable but one in four
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10 September 2007

New evidence for hospital mobile ban

New research in the journal Critical Care has provided fresh evidence that mobile phone signals over short ranges can interfere
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6 September 2007

Malta’s Mater Dei Hospital to get iSoft

Isoft has been appointed as sub-contractor to Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. (ACS) to provide and support laboratory information systems at
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4 September 2007

Target met for 60,000 new telecare users

Local authorities have achieved their target of enabling more than 60,000 new users to benefit from telecare in the last
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