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Welsh practices top 1000 point QOF average

  Welsh GP practices have increased their average achievement in the Quality and Outcomes Framework to more than 1000 points,
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Derbyshire PCTs ditch NHS Direct for out-of-hours

NHS Direct will no longer provide out-of-hours services to three Derbyshire PCTs after concerns were raised over long callback times.
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GPASS users doubt future use in national records

Ministerial claims that the troubled GP system GPASS will be central to the development of the national electronic single record
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ECGs by phone for GPs in the north west

GPs in Lancashire and Cumbria SHA have started using a telephone-based clinical monitoring service, using small devices that take ECGs
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GPs highlight “clunky” functionality of C+B

The Choose and Book system is "clunky and cumbersome" and slower than the paper-based referral mechanism it is intended to
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‘Connect with GPs’ call for IT modernisers

A GP magazine has called on Connecting for Health (formerly the National Programme for IT) to connect with its readers
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