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30 July 2008

Patient aged 12 told to use Choose and Book

A patient aged 12 has become the youngest patient to use the Choose and Book appointment system, after her practice
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29 July 2008

RCGP says good GPs have great websites

The ‘exemplary GP’ has a clear and accurate practice website and seeks patient’s consent before giving sensitive information to other
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29 July 2008

NHS Direct says it has no 0845 plans

NHS Direct has said it has no plans to switch its premium rate 0845 telephone number to a standard rate
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29 July 2008

QoF to be ‘crucial’ in obesity plans

The government has said the Quality and Outcomes Framework will play a “crucial” part in its plans to tackle obesity
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29 July 2008

Milton Keynes’ CRS caused ‘near melt down’

The deployment of a national programme care records system at Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust “developed into an untenable
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28 July 2008

DH chooses 40 bodies for information accreditation

A total of 40 organisations have been selected to test the Department of Health’s information accreditation scheme that will award
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28 July 2008

Call for information investment in PBC groups

The NHS Alliance is calling for practice-based commissioning groups to be given the money to fund their own information needs.
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25 July 2008

European judgement casts doubts on NHS CRS consent

A GP campaigning against the consent model for the NHS Care Records Service (NCRS) claims a European Court of Human
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23 July 2008

New EPS clinical director appointed

Dr Manpreet Pujara, one of Connecting for Health’s national GP clinical leads, has been appointed as clinical director for the
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22 July 2008

GP practices urged to complete GPSoC deals

GP practices in England that have signed up for the GP Systems of Choice (GPSoC) initiative are being encouraged to
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