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£7bn NHS e-records plan faces failure, says watchdog

...stages of completion - including building a service to send patient records between GP surgeries, providing a national broadband network for the health service and creating... Read more

18 May, 2011 by Nick Heath

NHS: Electronic medical records get green light

...are created using details stored in the electronic patient records held by GP surgeries. Health minister Simon Burns said in a statement: "As the NHS... Read more

4 April, 2011 by Nick Heath

iPhone loan scheme: Leeds medical students swap books for apps

...the majority of their time outside university gaining experience in NHS hospitals, GP surgeries and community health clinics. "It is vitally important that medical students... Read more

27 September, 2010 by Natasha Lomas

Lane Fox kicks off campaign to get millions online

...make local community services' PCs — such as those in schools, libraries and GP surgeries — accessible to those in need, and partnership with companies such as... Read more

12 July, 2010 by David Meyer
MUST 1.0

MUST 1.0

...is specifically designed to be used in all care settings (eg community, GP surgeries, care homes and hospitals). It can be used by any care... Read more

23 July, 2011

NHS IT: Hospitals will struggle to fund upgrades on their own

...fewer new and fully-featured IT systems are delivered to hospitals and GP surgeries. Describing how the DoH has decided what to cut from what... Read more

13 September, 2010 by Nick Heath

NHS IT: Centralised electronic medical records scheme will go ahead

...of introducing common data formats for storing medical records in hospitals and GP surgeries across England. No one from the Con-Lib government was available... Read more

7 June, 2010 by Nick Heath

Electronic prescription scheme goes live in Leeds

...electronically to Liptrots Pharmacy as initial implementers of the service. Another 17 GP surgeries are due to begin using the system soon. The move is... Read more

30 July, 2009 by Kable

Liberal-Conservative coalition: What UK's new government means for tech

...way the NPfIT project is run, and wanted to allow hospitals and GP surgeries greater freedom to choose their own software and systems, while safeguarding... Read more

12 May, 2010 by Natasha Lomas

Labour trumpets open-source success

As part of ZDNet UK's Tech election 2010 series, the Labour Party explains how it would strengthen the UK tech industry and other tech policies Read more

12 April, 2010 by David Meyer

EU healthcare reaps benefits of broadband

...survey found. Administrative patient data is stored electronically in 80 percent of GP surgeries, while almost all (92 percent) of these also electronically store medical... Read more

29 April, 2008 by Natasha Lomas

Summary care records open to receptionists

...is important not to dictate to organisations how they run their businesses. GP surgeries and hospital trusts use a complex range of staff, all of... Read more

4 March, 2008 by Kable

BT 'on track' for NHS deadlines

...N3 contract should see all 18,000 NHS sites in England — including GP surgeries and hospitals — join the VPN. So far, 15,000 have been... Read more

14 September, 2006 by David Meyer

NHS hits million electronic prescriptions milestone

...Prescription Service (EPS), which aims to replace existing paper prescriptions used by GP surgeries and pharmacies by the end of 2007. In the first stage... Read more

17 May, 2006 by Andy McCue

Info site unpicks Information Act

...one-stop shop for information about the legislation for bodies ranging from GP surgeries to police forces to local authorities. After 1 January, 2005, the... Read more

2 July, 2004 by Kable

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