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Cayton to lead summary records taskforce

Patients’ ‘tsar’ and chair of the Care Records Development Board, Harry Cayton, will lead the taskforce set up to help
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Demographic service poses security risk, say senior GPs

The two most senior GP representatives in England have written to Connecting for Health to demand reassurances on patient confidentiality
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Choose and Book passes 50,000 mark

More than 6,000 appointments a week are now being made through Choose and Book with the total number of bookings
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Every PCT to miss Choose and Book target

The Department of Health (DH) has admitted that not a single primary care trust in England is likely to be
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Baby steps

E-Health Insider Primary Care reports on two pilot initiatives in sharing of children's details between local authority and health service
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One millionth baby issued NHS Number

One million newborn babies have now been issued with NHS number that will stay with them from birth for life, under the
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Prepare for mandatory use of NHS Number, trusts told

Trusts in England have been told to start as soon as possible to move towards using the NHS Number as
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