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1 September 2008

ContactPoint delayed for further testing

The introduction of the national children’s database ContactPoint has been delayed until January 2009. The pilot of the delayed programme
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15 July 2008

BT on track to get southern Cerner trusts

British Telecom is on track to take over responsibility of the eight southern NHS trusts running Cerner Millennium from Fujitsu,
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8 July 2008

CSC markets Alert to the NHS

Computer Sciences Corporation has stepped up its marketing of a Portuguese electronic patient record (EPR) system called Alert to NHS
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17 June 2008

Nicholson says C+B use not based on payments

NHS chief executive David Nicholson last night said that use of Choose and Book remains disappointingly low but has become
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17 June 2008

BT in talks to take over Cerner trusts in south

BT has confirmed it is in talks to take over responsibility for trusts in the south with Cerner Millennium
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30 April 2008

Lords back criminalisation of data breaches

The House of Lords has backed proposals to make it a criminal offence to disclose personal information intentionally or recklessly.
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11 March 2008

Johnson steps up pressure on 0844 numbers

Health secretary Alan Johnson has stepped up the pressure on practices using 0844 telephone numbers as campaigners draw up a
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19 February 2008

GP practices must publicise 0844 call costs

GP practices that use 0844 telephone numbers have been told they must publicise the cost of using the service to
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29 January 2008

Practices use of 0844 numbers to be investigated

The government is to gather evidence about the use of 0844 telephone numbers by GP practices and its impact on
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4 January 2008

MPs call for data loss to be a crime

Reckless or repeated breaches of data security should become a criminal offence, the House of Commons Justice Select Committee has
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