Out of Hours

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18 December 2006

Opt-out consent model to be kept for SCR

 The government is to stick to its plan that patients must opt-out of the NHS Care Records Service (NCRS), although
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21 November 2006

Fair deal on NHS broadband

This week EHI Primary Care launches Fair Deal on NHS Broadband, a campaign to get GPs the fast broadband they
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15 November 2006

Premium-rate doctor helpline aimed at busy people

A premium rate telephone service has been set up that allows callers to talk directly to a doctor 24 hours
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14 November 2006

Wales starts summary record project

Out of hours clinicians in Gwent are to have access to an emergency summary care record in a project which
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7 November 2006

System failure

How much did the recent case of Penny Campbell, who died after speaking to eight out-of-hours doctors, have to do
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2 November 2006

Scottish ECS proving a success

Launched last summer the Scottish Emergency Care Summary is already proving a success making out-of-hours communications more efficient and effective.
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24 October 2006

NHS Grampian to get in-car telemedicine

Adastra Software has won a tender to supply its unscheduled care case management software to NHS Grampian, and to provide
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19 September 2006

No mistake

Misspelt electronic records can have serious effects. Daloni Carlisle looks at the results of a three-year initiative to test the
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6 September 2006

South Worcestershire signs for Care Enhance Call Centre

South Worcestershire Primary Care Trust has selected an advanced call centre triage system for its GP out-of-hours (OOH) service which it
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4 September 2006

Publicity blitz for Scotland’s Emergency Care Summary

Scotland has launched a public information campaign about the transition to electronic health records with a leaflet on its Emergency
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