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6 February 2007

Security concerns hit Scottish cervical cytology system

The roll-out of a national cervical cytology screening system for Scotland could be delayed after GPs discovered that practice staff
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28 July 2006

Record C+B non-availability, GPC advises

GP negotiators are advising practices to keep a record of when they cannot use Choose and Book in case they
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20 June 2006

GPs and their families urged to boycott NHS ‘spine’

GP representatives are advising GPs and their families to consider withdrawing themselves from the NHS spine “as an example to
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25 October 2005

Loophole could force release of deceased’s records

A loophole in the Data Protection Act means GPs could be forced to disclose the records of deceased patients, GP
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20 September 2005

Trials of ‘summary spine record’ to begin in 2006

Summaries of GP records from a small number of practices are to be loaded onto the NHS spine from August
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4 May 2005

BMA issues FOI guidelines for GPs

The BMA has issued new guidance to General Practitioners on the Freedom of Information Act advising them to be open
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5 April 2005

GP-to-GP transfer pilot project begins

The National Programme for IT has begun pilots of GP-to-GP record transfer between practices running EMIS and InPractice Systems, using
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23 March 2005

Practices to get choice of any LSP primary care system

In a major change of direction all GP practices in England are to get a choice between all the accredited
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11 January 2005

UK doctors could sign off American online drug orders

A Canadian online pharmacies’ lobby has announced that many of its members plan on moving their business to the UK
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9 December 2004

Choose and Book leaders answer their critics

Leaders of the Choose and Book programme this week attempted to answer concerns raised by GP representatives about the security
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