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4 August 2005

Choose and Book workload lifted for Somerset GPs

GPs in Somerset and Dorset have been told they will not need to carry out their own referrals using Choose
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3 August 2005

New IT local delivery plans due by September

Implementation of new NHS IT systems is to become a non-negotiable part of the local delivery plans (LDPs) of every
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18 July 2005

Increase seen in patient booking calls

The call centre set up to deal with Choose and Book appointments is beginning to receive a small number of
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13 July 2005

PCTs to receive predictive risk software

Software to help identify patients at high risk of readmission to hospital is to be sent out to all primary
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7 July 2005

Choose and Book adopters to get tech support

The Department of Health is set to launch a high level technical help scheme to support local Choose and Book
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5 July 2005

QOF publication due despite GP concerns

Publication of individual practice results for the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) is likely to go ahead in England, Wales
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16 June 2005

PACS tomorrow

Daloni Carlisle reports for E-Health Insider on why PACS delivery is slower than expected, and reveals that affordability is mostly
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16 June 2005

Technology key to modernisation, says NHS Confed

Technology, people and improved processes were described as the key tools that can help modernise and improve the NHS at
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14 June 2005

Choose and Book set to miss 2005 targets

The government’s targets for the implementation of Choose and Book this year look almost certain to be missed, despite being
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31 May 2005

Chair of NHS Institute for Innovation named

Dame Yve Buckland has been named as the first chair of the new NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement by health minister, Jane
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