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28 April 2010

Personal View: John Cruickshank

The author of ‘Fixing NHS IT’ outlines his recommendations for a new government and urges ministers to take action within
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28 April 2010

Swindells tells IT pros to up their game

The newly appointed head of BCS Health has called for informaticians to "step up to the plate" and lead change
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27 April 2010

Work needed on NHS 24 – MSPs

"A substantial degree of work" is needed to rebuild confidence in the Scottish health helpline NHS 24, according to members of
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16 April 2010

SCR roll-out suspended

The Department of Health has suspended the roll-out of the Summary Care Record in the five strategic health authorities where
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15 April 2010

EHI Interview: Norman Lamb

As part of EHI’s general election coverage, Sarah Bruce talks to the Lib Dem health spokesman.
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14 April 2010

Records pledge in Conservative manifesto

The general election The Conservative election manifesto has reiterated the Tories’ pledge to give patients online control of their own
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13 April 2010

Scottish practices trial patient portal

Two GP practices in Scotland are to run a trial of an online patient portal enabling patients to access their
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1 April 2010

Experts fear Punch and Judy election

The general election Policy and healthcare IT experts have urged an incoming government to resist the temptation to shake up
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1 April 2010

MPs set out out pharmacy manifesto

A group of MPs is calling for pharmacists to be given read-write access to the NHS Care Records Service by
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31 March 2010

It’s party time

With the general election fast approaching, Sarah Bruce asked policy makers, analysts and trusts what they would put in their
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