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29 August 2006

NHS 24 has undergone ‘radical changes’ in order to improve its service to the public since last year’s review calling

29 August 2006

NHS Direct will no longer provide out-of-hours services to three Derbyshire PCTs after concerns were raised over long callback times.

27 June 2006

NHS Direct aims to develop its core health advice service to offer a range of remote care additional services to

13 June 2006

Doctors are playing a key role in the development of IT systems in Scotland and will continue to do so

31 May 2006

Hospital and GP records for 1.5 million patients are to be available for the NHS to share in a ground-breaking

17 May 2006

NHS Direct has launched a three month consultation with staff on proposals that will cut around 1,000 existing jobs. Reasons

5 May 2006

Management information on out-of-hours services is poor, caused partly by problems with IT systems and compounded by inadequate telephone systems

17 April 2006

Fiona Barr looks at how electronic summaries of GP records are already in operation in Scotland, accessible by out of

4 April 2006

Scotland is to allow NHS24 access to emergency care summaries of patients’ GP records from June, subject to explicit consent

3 April 2006

Jobs at NHS Direct may be cut by up to a third, and nurses replaced by non-medical call centre operatives,

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