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18 October 2005

ID cards database could store medical records

Details of patients’ medical records could potentially appear on the ID card database if an amendment to the ID Cards Bill
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18 October 2005

Correcting for health

EHI Primary Care looks at Connecting for Health's work in updating health IT in prisons, and progress in a similar
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18 October 2005

RCGP ethics committee recommends opt-in for NCRS

The ethics committee of the Royal College of GPs has recommended that patients must have the right to opt-in to
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18 October 2005

Renal patients get online records

Health minister Rosie Winterton is to unveil a new site for renal patients that will allow them to manage their
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14 October 2005

ETP should be fully operational by end of 2007

Electronic transmission of prescriptions (ETP) will be deployed over two releases and should be fully operational by the end of
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11 October 2005

Scottish GPs choose to lose GPASS

Large numbers of practices have indicated that they want to move away from the Scottish GP computer system GPASS as
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11 October 2005

Private hospitals sign Choose and Book deal

The largest provider of private hospital services in the UK has signed a deal for e-booking software that will be
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6 October 2005

NHS 24 report calls for radical review of helpline

A radical review of Scotland’s health helpline NHS 24 has recommended using the new volume predictive technology to ensure the
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4 October 2005

Listening exercise shows support for central database

Support for the idea of a central NHS database and a desire for more ‘joined up’ social and health care
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4 October 2005

IT training in core of proposed GP curriculum

Information management and technology should be a core part of the curriculum for training GPs, a blueprint on GP education
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