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SmokingPackYears.com now multi-lingual

A UK GP has created a multi-language version of his website which offers a smoking pack years calculator for clinicians
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First Welsh practice live with IHR

The first GP practice and out-of-hours service in Wales has gone live with Informing Healthcare’s new Individual Health Record solution.
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NHS Oldham cuts power and carbon costs

NHS Oldham has announced that it expects to save £41,000 from its annual energy costs thanks to energy efficient IT
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Call for Toolkit discharge standards

NHS Connecting for Health has invited suppliers to help develop and test standards for electronic discharge summaries in an extension
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NIGB issues guide to changing records

The Department of Health is to drop its advice that patients unhappy with their health record must make a formal
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NHS North East Essex set to launch SCR

NHS North East Essex is launching its Summary Care Record programme this week and 12 other primary care trusts in
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No action against doc who accessed ECS

A hospital doctor accused of accessing the Emergency Care Summary records of high profile politicians, footballers and BBC journalists will
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GP cancer tool ‘a work in progress’

Dr Willie Hamilton, a GP and expert in cancer diagnosis from Bristol University, talks to Fiona Barr about the computer
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GPC enters the fray on 084 numbers

GP practices can continue to use 084 numbers if they obtain confirmation from their supplier that they are no more
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