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CSC say they want to take over from Accenture

CSC today confirmed they would compete to take over from Accenture, should the company withdraw from its contracts to the
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NHS IT systems in NWWM slow to recover

Dozens of NHS trusts across the North West and West Midlands remained without access to their main patient management software
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Number cruncher

Fiona Barr talks to Professor Sir Brian Jarman of Imperial College's Dr Foster Unit about using hospital data to uncover
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PCTs register a third of pharmacists for smartcards

Around one in three community pharmacists have been registered to use a smartcard to use the electronic prescription service (EPS)
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Choice? What choice?

Over a year since the announcement of GP system choice, many practices still only have one package to choose from.
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iSoft to preview Lorenzo Primary Care at HC2006

iSoft has announced that it will be giving a preview of its new primary care product Lorenzo at this year’s
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New GP choice proposals outlined

NHS Connecting for Health has outlined new proposals for delivering GP system choice based on a multi-step accreditation process. If
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PCT forced to revert to paper systems

A primary care trust has been forced to abandon its planned move to a Connecting for Health community patient administration
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Every PCT to miss Choose and Book target

The Department of Health (DH) has admitted that not a single primary care trust in England is likely to be
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North Cumbria PCTs get community PAS

Three primary care trusts in North Cumbria have begun implementation of new community PAS systems that connect with the NHS data
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