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10 June 2010

GP leader names his NHS savings

Parts of NHS Direct, the Choose and Book service and the current ‘consent to view’ model of the Summary Care
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18 May 2010

PCTs look for GP agreement to SCR

Primary care trusts are seeking agreement from GP practices to go ahead with the creation of Summary Care Records in
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9 March 2010

Letter errors fuel SCR roll-out row

The British Medical Association is getting ready to step up its opposition to the roll-out of the Summary Care Record
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1 March 2010

BMA says SCR roll-out ‘too hasty’

The BMA has criticised the roll-out of the Summary Care Record programme, claiming patients do not have enough information and
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26 February 2010

London LMCs run own SCR campaign

The summary care record roll out Londonwide Local Medical Committees is advising GPs to consider proactively contacting patients about the
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28 May 2009

Consent back on LMCs’ agenda

Grassroots GPs are to return to the debate for an opt-in approach to the transfer of patient identifiable data and
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8 April 2009

Two thirds of GPs sign up for IGSoC

Around two-thirds of GP practices had signed up to NHS Connecting for Health’s information governance standards by the deadline of the
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20 March 2009

NICE to take charge of QoF

The Department of Health has announced that it is to go ahead with its plans to put the National Institute
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17 March 2009

Scottish LMCs demand action on IT choice

Scottish GPs have strongly criticised the delay in procuring a choice of GP IT systems and called for funding for
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26 February 2009

SHAs take on Choose and Book

Strategic health authorities are to be given responsibility for sorting out technical problems with Choose and Book. NHS Connecting for
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