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2 February 2007

Wales to digitise ambulance radio network

The Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust is to receive £55m from the Welsh Assembly government to invest in the O2
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29 January 2007

90% of children back Child Index

More than 90% of children believe it will be acceptable for doctors, school nurses and health visitors to access the
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25 January 2007

Telecare can grow to meet demands of 2020

Telecare has the capacity to become a key tool in helping cope with future demands of the fast ageing population, once it gets past current
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24 January 2007

Maltese tender suspended due to corruption allegation

A €30m tender for an integrated health information system at Malta’s new Mater Dei Hospital has been suspended following an
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24 January 2007

Patients to rate care received using new NHS website

The government is to set up a new website to allow patients to publish and share reviews of care recived from GPs
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23 January 2007

Potential purchase of iSoft said to be nearing end-game

Newspaper reports today say that troubled software supplier iSoft is in talks with three final-stage bidders, naming US healthcare firms Cerner
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23 January 2007

GP Systems of Choice procurement on track but late

The GP Systems of Choice (GPSoC) scheme looks likely to go ahead – although procurement will not be complete by 1
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22 January 2007

BMJ says it will have to charge for BestTreatments

The BMJ Group says the Department of Health’s withdrawl of funding from its award-winning website BestTreatments means it will now probably have to
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18 January 2007

Patient records excluded from new data sharing bill

New legislation to allow data sharing between the public and private sectors were unveiled by the government yesterday, but NHS
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16 January 2007

Minister announces new telecare guidance on way

  The government is to issue new guidance for social care commissioners to help make telecare more mainstream, it was
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