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13 August 2007

Wales to launch electronic sick notes

The Department of Work and Pensions in Wales is to launch a trial of electronic sick notes in GP practices.
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9 August 2007

Lessons learned

Southern England, perhaps more than any other region, has produced a mixed picture of NHS IT modernisation. Senior executives from
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9 August 2007

Contract ‘reset’ underway in the South

The new NHS programme director for the NHS IT programme in the South of England says she is not happy
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9 August 2007

Staffordshire PCTs hit retinopathy target

Malcolm Gray screens patient Three Staffordshire primary care trusts have managed to meet national targets and screen over 28,000 patients
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27 July 2007

DH terminates diagnostics contract with Atos

The Department of Health has confirmed that it has terminated the £257m contract for diagnostic services in North-west and South-west
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26 July 2007

Local NHS IT capital spending increases 40 percent

The NHS in England has invested an estimated £336m capital spend on local IM&T projects in 2006/07, an increase of almost 40% on
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26 July 2007

60 Seconds Interview: Barry Cotton

In our latest 60 second interview on the people behind NHS IT, Joe Fernandez quizzes Barry Cotton, head of imaging
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24 July 2007

Choose and Book’s new champion

A system that has managed to book 4.4m hospital appointments for patients in England must be doing something right. So
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20 July 2007

EMIS goes national with digital TV appointment booking

Primary care IT supplier EMIS has extended its online appointment booking service so that patients can now book GP surgery
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20 July 2007

First go live with Ardentia 18 week wait tool

Business intelligence specialists, Ardentia, have completed their first full go-live of the Pathway Manager 18 week wait monitoring tool, and have
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