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2 April 2008

Decision due on NHSmail move to Exchange

Connecting for Health’s head of the NHSmail programme, Will Moss has told E-Health Insider that the DH agency will decide
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19 March 2008

£8m to be spent on telehealth in Scotland

The Scottish government has announced that an extra £8m is to be spent on telecare over the next two years.
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19 March 2008

Scotland to pilot new sexual health system

A new Scottish national sexual health IT system, known as NaSH, will be piloted in the next few weeks in
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12 March 2008

Scottish NHS to receive £201m for e-health

Health boards across Scotland are to receive £201m to spend in areas such as e-health, primary care and primary and
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31 January 2008

Aberdeen A+E pilots video booths

Emergency patients in North-East Scotland can now remotely consult with a doctor using video conferencing technology.
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22 January 2008

Moving to hosted systems

Disagreement over extended access could impact the speed of movement to hosted systems. Fiona Barr reports.
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9 January 2008

Unstable radio controls halt Airwave deployments

The Airwave radio system in use The Department of Health has had to cease deployments of Airwave radio systems to
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4 January 2008

NHS Direct demand breaks seasonal records

Over one million people contacted NHS Direct in England over the 11 day Christmas and New Year holidays, breaking all
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18 December 2007

A work in progress

EHI Primary Care editor Fiona Barr looks back on the developments during 2007 and shape of things to come in
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13 December 2007

New e-health strategy planned for Scotland

A new e-health strategy for Scotland in spring 2008 is promised in a national healthcare action plan, Better Health, Better
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