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NHS Leaders need new ā€˜mindset’ on IT

Mike Farrar, the head of the NHS Confederation has said that NHS leaders need ā€œa new mindsetā€ if they are
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NHS can’t stand further Ā£20bn ‘savings’

Two dire warnings about the financial state of the NHS have been issued ahead of the annual NHS Confederation conference
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CCGs ‘likely to use CSSs in practice’

The NHS Confederation’s deputy chief executive has predicted that while clinical commissioning groups will be able to go ā€œanywhereā€ to
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EHI PC survey: shaky support?

Commissioning support services are emerging as essential but controversial elements of the new commissioning regime. Fiona Barr canvasses views.
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NHS to be ‘liberated’ by Easter

The Health and Social Care Bill has cleared its final Parliamentary hurdle, with doctors welcoming amendments on confidentiality, but opponents
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Managers focused on cuts not reform

Senior managers are more worried about balancing their finances than grappling with the latest round of NHS reforms, an NHS
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NPfIT failures have left NHS IT ā€œstuckā€

A new report by the NHS Confederation has criticised NHS technology for being similar to the ā€œpre-industrial handicraft industryā€.
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Many blocks on the road to revolution

Responses to the Information Revolution consultation have registered support for its vision of putting information at the heart of the
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NHS faces ‘defining year’

The NHS is facing a ā€˜defining year’ in which it may need to make even bigger efficiency savings than so-far
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Call centres urged for GP appointments

GP appointment booking could be centralised in future with national or regional call centres used instead of local practice lines,
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