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2 August 2005

King’s Fund calls for technology use in chronic care

A King’s Fund report into the management of long-term conditions has called for PCTs to put more emphasis on using
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28 July 2005

Recoding purchase data generates savings

A healthcare trust in London is claiming it has saved £1m by recoding its procurement systems from freetext into individual
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27 July 2005

Ofcom investigates patient phone systems

Patientline has said it will suspend new installations in hospitals pending the outcome of an Ofcom inquiry into complaints about
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26 July 2005

£1bn NHS electronic procurement network formed

UKprocure have announced the establishment of the NHS Trading Network (NHSTN), which brings together 53 NHS organisations nationwide in one
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20 July 2005

Ambulance services get digital radios

 The Department of Health has awarded a contract for a new digital radio and communication system for all NHS ambulance
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19 July 2005

Red rose rising

EHI Primary Care talks to Lancashire Care NHS Trust, the first mental health trust in England to receive a PAS
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19 July 2005

Go live for indirectly bookable services

Wandsworth and Tower Hamlets PCTs in London have gone live with indirectly bookable services (IBS) – the system that enables acute
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18 July 2005

Choose and Book work agreed with McKesson

Health IT specialist, McKesson has signed a framework agreement with NHS Connecting for Health for upgrade work to enable trusts using the
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14 July 2005

BT warned it may face chop in London

BT, one of the main contractors responsible for delivering the NHS IT modernisation programme, has been warned that it must
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12 July 2005

London project raises questions for Choose and Book

Patients offered a choice of hospital are more interested in hospital reputation than length of waiting time, according to a
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