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3 May 2005

Release QoF data if asked, BMA advises

GPs are being advised to release Quality and Outcomes Framework (QoF) data before national figures are published if their practices
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27 April 2005

Crunch time

How will the general election affect NHS IT? E-Health Insider takes a comprehensive look at what each party has to
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26 April 2005

FOI challenge on QoF data

The owner of an online information service is challenging a decision to hold back publication of Quality and Outcomes Framework
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19 April 2005

QoF results publication likely in next two months

Quality and Outcomes Framework results for every practice in England and Scotland are likely to be published on government websites
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18 April 2005

Somerset EPR “commended” by Healthcare Commission

The Healthcare Commission has praised Somerset Partnership NHS & Social Care Trust for its implementation of an electronic patient record,
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14 April 2005

Ex-NHSIA chief comes home again to Wales

Gwyn Thomas, former chief executive of the now-defunct NHS Information Authority, is the new Director of the NHS Wales Informing
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1 April 2005

New Information Centre launched

The start of the new NHS financial year sees another round of musical chairs with the abolition of the old
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22 March 2005

NPfIT to jettison its name…and some suppliers

The National Programme for IT is to change its name to Connecting for Health, NHS IT director-general Richard Granger announced
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15 March 2005

Kent uses telehealth for chronic disease support

Kent County Council has launched a series of telehealth and telecare initiatives, in what it claims makes it one of
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9 February 2005

E-mail mentoring to help budding nurses

The University of East Anglia has set up an e-mail mentoring programme to help 14-15 year-olds from deprived backgrounds who
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