Dept of Health

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10 February 2011

DH considers CSC contract termination

The Department of Health is considering terminating its multi-billion pound local service provider contract with CSC, following the company’s continued
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10 February 2011

ASCC acute gets go ahead

Treasury approval has been given for the procurement of acute systems under the Additional Supply Capability and Capacity framework, according
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8 February 2011

Low figures for HealthSpace use revealed

Just 60 patients a month - out of almost 5m with a Summary Care Record - are viewing their SCR
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7 February 2011

QMAS underpays GPs £27.9m

GPs have been underpaid every year for the past six years and are owed a total of £27.9m because of
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2 February 2011

NAO draws on paper to show inefficiency

The NHS is spending almost £150m a year on printing and stationery, the National Audit Office has discovered in a
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27 January 2011

WSD programme ‘looks promising’

Early results from the Whole System Demonstrator trial of telecare and telehealth are “very promising”, according to the Department of
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25 January 2011

NHS to collect data on record access

Primary care trusts have been told to collect information on how many GP practices are enabling patients to access their
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11 January 2011

Info revolution will ‘erode privacy’

Department of Health plans to give patients control of their records will erode patient privacy, a leading medical defence body
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7 January 2011

DH gets the MOST out of Office

The Department of Health has received positive feedback from a programme designed to help NHS staff get the most out
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7 January 2011

NHS Choices sees jump in flu searches

The number of people using the NHS Choices website to look for information on flu is up tenfold on last
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