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25 October 2023

House of Lords criticises Government response to digital exclusion report 

A House of Lords committee has criticised the government’s response to its digital exclusion report after it indicated it would
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1 March 2011

Ofcom calls for emergency text service

Mobile phone operators could be forced to allow users to text the emergency services under new proposals by regulator Ofcom.
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18 December 2009

111 becomes number for NHS services

UK Telecoms watchdog OFCOM has given the go-ahead for 111 to become the new three digit number for accessing non-emergency
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12 November 2009

Going live

1,300 people, 80 exhibitors, four conference streams, the sheep key-rings, the chocolate fountain. EHI reports on E-Health Insider Live ’09.
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9 July 2009

Ofcom launches 111 consultation

Ofcom has launched a consultation on the use of a national 111 non-emergency number for healthcare. Following the consultation, the
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8 May 2008

Ofcom forecasts growth in healthcare IT

Media regulator Ofcom has picked healthcare as a key sector for the widespread deployment of information technology in its latest
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26 June 2007

Patientline hits trouble as losses grow

Patientline, the hospital entertainment and phone provider, has announced that it is in urgent talks with its banks to renegotiate
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18 July 2006

Hospital mobile phone blanket bans criticised

Both the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and Parliament’s Health Select Committee have said that there are no technical
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15 June 2006

Patientline blames losses on ward closures

Patientline has announced yearly losses of £24.7m before tax, which the company has blamed on ward closures and the recent
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6 April 2006

Patient surveys launched into hospital call costs

  A national campaign to discover the views of patients and visitors hospital bedside television and telephone services has been
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