Scottish Government Archives

22 July 2009

NHS National Services Scotland has awarded a £1m contract to Lumension to nationally enforce security policies governing the storage of

14 July 2009

Scotland has announced that it has become the first country in the UK to deliver an electronic prescription service, with

21 April 2009

Scotland’s national audit body has raised concerns about the scope and quality of the country’s Emergency Care Summary. In its latest report

17 March 2009

Scottish GPs have strongly criticised the delay in procuring a choice of GP IT systems and called for funding for

24 February 2009

Scotland has launched its biggest telehealthcare project alongside 16 other e-health initiatives that will be backed by £1.6m of investment.

19 August 2008

Over half of all NHS prescriptions issued in Scotland are now sent electronically, latest figures show. Since the start of

21 July 2008

The Scottish government has issued £3m funding for a three year pilot study on the effects of telephone and online-based

30 June 2008

The Scottish government is to set up a national framework contract for GP systems and launch a procurement for an

28 May 2008

Scotland has announced long-term funding for IM&T facilitators to work with GPs, pharmacists and dentists. The Scottish government has agreed

27 May 2008

E-health should permeate thinking about every aspect of remote and rural healthcare, according to a newly-published report on healthcare in

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