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23 October 2008

First ever record standards to improve discharge summaries

Profession-wide standards for medical records in hospitals have been agreed.
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2 September 2008

Slight increase in satisfaction with PBC data quality

GPs have become marginally more satisfied with the quality of the data they receive for practice-based commissioning over the past
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28 July 2008

Call for information investment in PBC groups

The NHS Alliance is calling for practice-based commissioning groups to be given the money to fund their own information needs.
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14 April 2008

NHS Alliance urges full record access for patients

The NHS Alliance is calling for patients to have electronic access to their full primary care record as part of
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22 January 2008

Over 40 per cent of practices say PBC data poor

More than 40% of GP practices believe the information they receive for practice based commissioning (PBC) is poor or very
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7 January 2008

Discharge letter targets will create two-tier care

The NHS Alliance claims government targets for discharge letters will create a two tier system on a critical patient safety
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27 November 2007

NHS Alliance calls for independent coding

PCTs and hospital trusts should employ independent coders to eliminate concerns over incorrect coding from secondary care, according to the
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6 November 2007

SUS blasted as ‘not fit for purpose’

The Secondary Uses Service (SUS) is not fit for purpose and is failing to provide GP practices and PCTs with
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22 June 2007

BMA calls for inquiry into NHS Direct referrals

The British Medical Association has called for an inquiry into the NHS’s information and advice service, NHS Direct, claiming it
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29 March 2007

E-discharge summaries needed, says GPs

GPs have called for better uptake of electronic discharge summaries to overcome the severe delays and quality issues that many
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