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4 February 2016

NHS 24 admits IT “systemic failure”

A frank report to the Scottish Government’s Public Accounts Committee has admitted that “systemic failure” is responsible for the ongoing
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14 October 2015

NHS 24 IT system £41m over budget

The IT to support Scotland's health information service, NHS 24, is two year's late and significantly over budget, according to
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11 April 2014

£2.2m to deploy digital wards

The Scottish government has found £2.2m to support the development and roll-out of a digital patient tracking system across Scotland.
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14 November 2013

Glasgow praised for IT crash response

A report has blamed a “rare corruption” of an Active Directory database for a major computer crash at NHS Greater
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29 October 2010

Scots GPs want NHS 24 awareness campaign

Scottish GPs are calling for the Scottish Government and NHS Scotland to do more to raise awareness of the role
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27 April 2010

Work needed on NHS 24 – MSPs

"A substantial degree of work" is needed to rebuild confidence in the Scottish health helpline NHS 24, according to members of
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13 April 2010

Scottish practices trial patient portal

Two GP practices in Scotland are to run a trial of an online patient portal enabling patients to access their
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11 March 2010

Scots MPs criticise slow progress on IT

The Scottish Parliament's Health and Sport Committee has criticised the Scottish Government for the slow roll-out of its clinical portal
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18 December 2009

Scotland’s CMS to go national in April

Scotland has published a framework for its Chronic Medication Service which it plans roll-out nationally in April 2010.
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6 October 2009

NHS24 absorbs Scottish telehealth body

The Scottish Centre for Telehealth will become part of NHS24, the special health board that runs Scotland’s national health helpline
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