Meldrum

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13 March 2007

GP representatives consider Choose and Book boycott

A boycott of Choose and Book and non co-operation with the National Programme for IT are among the sanctions to
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24 January 2007

Patients to rate care received using new NHS website

The government is to set up a new website to allow patients to publish and share reviews of care recived from GPs
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4 December 2006

DH rejects patient opt-out requests

The Department of Health has rejected patients’ requests to stop their information being uploaded to the NHS data spine. On
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15 June 2006

Too many problems with C+B, says Meldrum

Too many delays and problems have undermined the Choose and Book scheme, according to the leader of the UK’s GPs.
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2 June 2006

Senior GPs say CfH response on security ‘encouraging’

The two senior GP representatives in the UK are writing to GP practices to outline “the encouraging response” they have
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25 April 2006

QoF scores likely to continue to rise

Practices will have achieved even higher scores from the Quality and Outcomes Framework in the last 12 months than in
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20 December 2005

GP contract IM&T incentives announced

GPs are to be offered incentives worth up to £70m in total across England to embrace NHS information and management
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31 August 2005

QoF results publication reveals quality of care

Practice by practice results for the Quality and Outcome Framework for England are being published today although technical problems have delayed
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3 May 2005

Release QoF data if asked, BMA advises

GPs are being advised to release Quality and Outcomes Framework (QoF) data before national figures are published if their practices
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24 February 2005

BMA queries commissioning and e-booking link

The BMA has criticised technical guidance from the Department of Health (DH) which it says explicitly links the uptake of
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