NHS Choices

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NHS Choices to publish death rates

The Department of Health (DH) is to publish death rates of patients undergoing major surgery at NHS hospitals in England,
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E-health 2.0: health’s consumer revolution

E-Health Insider this week publishes a new research report on web 2.0 in healthcare. Lindsey Birnsteel reports.
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NHS Direct Online to be moved to Choices

Parts of NHS Direct Online, the highly successful and popular web-based patient advice and information service, look set to be
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NHS Choices publishes 18-week wait data

The Department of Health is making 18-week referral to treatment times available to patients on the NHS Choices website. Patients
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NHS Choices partners with UK online centres

NHS Choices, the health information website, has partnered with UK online centres to help people without IT access or web
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DH publishes Cornish 60-year health history

The Department of Health has published a new study looking at the health history of a class of Cornish school
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Libraries encouraged to offer Choose and Book

More than 3000 libraries across England are being encouraged to help patients use NHS Choices and Choose and Book to
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Map of Medicine sold to Hearst Corporation

Map of Medicine, the provider of web-based patient pathways tool developed from an NHS-funded research project and widely installed across
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Using IT to deliver on free choice

Free choice at referral takes effect this month. Fiona Barr looks at how IT will be used to deliver this
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QoF cash for quitters

GPs could be paid depending on the number of their patients who stop smoking as part of possible changes to
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