Dept of Health

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24 July 2007

Over 90 percent of patients recall choice discussions

More than 90% of patients who were referred to hospital in the first three months of this year discussed choice
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20 July 2007

Ben Bradshaw becomes minister for NHS IT

The Department of Health has announced that Ben Bradshaw, Labour MP for Exeter, will be the new minister responsible for
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20 July 2007

First go live with Ardentia 18 week wait tool

Business intelligence specialists, Ardentia, have completed their first full go-live of the Pathway Manager 18 week wait monitoring tool, and have
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18 July 2007

DH blasted for ‘back room deal’ with Dr Foster

The Department of Health ignored procurement guidelines and pursued a ‘back room deal’ on NHS information which was ‘handed to
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12 July 2007

Details of Preventative Technology Grant set out

The Department of Health has issued new guidance to local authorities advising them that funds from the Preventative Technology Grant,
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9 July 2007

DH denies report that NPfIT is to be shelved

Suggestions in a weekend newspaper that the NHS is to shelve the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) have been strongly
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9 July 2007

DH details 100 assistive technology projects it has funded

Nearly 100 research projects on assistive technology including telecare and telehealth schemes were funded by the government or the European
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