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TPP gets accredited for GP2GP record transfers

Primary care system supplier TPP has announced that it has been accredited by Connecting for Health to send and receive
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The end of the beginning?

Are we at the end of the beginning of NHS IT modernisation? Jon Hoeksma tests Churchill's famous quote against the
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Patient UK website launches interactive forum

EMIS has announced that its health information website, Patient UK, is launching a new interactive forum, called Patient Experience, to
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Doctors need guidance on mobile technology use

UK clinicians urgently need clear and coherent guidance on the safe use of mobile technologies according to researchers. Kent GP
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NHS Choices website launched

The Department of Health has launched the new NHS Choices website, replacing the previous NHS.uk website. The new website, which
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No new money for GPSoC – now due July

Funding for the GP Systems of Choice initiative will come from existing Connecting for Health funds rather than new funds,
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GPs say Choose and Book currently ‘unfit for purpose’

GP representatives have rejected calls for Choose and Book to be suspended but have branded the scheme as currently unfit
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DH explains summary and detailed records

Guidance on how the two elements of the NHS electronic patient record – the detailed and summary records – will
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DH survey finds improvement in patient choice

Almost half of patients referred to hospital by their GP can recall being offered choice, according to the latest results of the Department
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Granger says NPfIT programme substantially delivered

Richard Granger, the chief executive of Connecting for Health, today said that the NHS IT project has been substantially delivered with
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