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    Homing in on a new goal

    2000-08-03T00:00:00Z

    The national plan may have moved the NHS Information Authority's goalposts again but the organisation is embracing the opportunities it offers and has found its strategic direction, its director of stakeholder relations tells Maura Thompson

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    Easy money?

    2000-08-03T00:00:00Z

    The search is on to find a replacement for the NHS payroll system. Many demands mean it is not a simple task, as Wayne Lloyd points out

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    In Brief: Sharing Clinical Information in the Primary Care Team project

    2000-08-03T00:00:00Z

    A pilot project designed for sharing information between health and social care has been established by the national Assembly for Wales.

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    In Brief: telemedicine solutions

    2000-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Paediatric consultants at Guy's and St Thomas' in London are using telemedicine solutions from Agilent Technologies to transmit paediatric ECG data across NHSnet. Digital data can be transferred to video to allow specialist diagnosis of congenital heart conditions. The link has been established between Guy's and West Suffolk trust, but ...

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    In Brief: WirelessMed launched

    2000-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Doctors.net.uk, the online medical community, has launched WirelessMed, the first wireless application protocol service to link directly to Medline.

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    In Brief: Asset management system

    2000-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Harlequin Software Consultants, providers of financial systems to over 80 trusts, have launched an asset management system to add to their accounts receivable, cashiers, charitable funds and patients' money. It allows users to keep track of all capital assets held within the trust, log all movements, view a history, run ...

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    High-tech x-rays deal

    2000-08-03T00:00:00Z

    South Buckinghamshire trust is one of the latest to agree a contract with Agfa Medical Imaging for implementation of digital imaging systems. The systems allow x-rays to be captured, stored and transmitted digitally, saving on film costs and time.

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    Targeting complaints early

    2000-08-03T00:00:00Z

    A complaints early-warning system has been launched, aimed at helping NHS organisations identify problem areas.

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    Ambulance staff get better links

    2000-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Ambulance trust has agreed a contract with NTL for installation and maintenance of an advanced communications network.

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    24-hour targets 'could be very difficult to meet'

    2000-07-27T00:00:00Z

    NATIONAL PLAN

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    Mental health teams will help young adults

    2000-07-27T00:00:00Z

    Mental health experts have reacted enthusiastically to expectations that the national plan will boost early interventions for young people with psychosis and schizophrenia.

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    Advocacy idea fails to find PAL in CHCs

    2000-07-27T00:00:00Z

    The national plan's proposals for patient advocacy and liaison services (PALs) have sown confusion about the future of community health councils.

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    Thresholds critical 'if nine-month waiting-list goals are to be met'

    2000-07-27T00:00:00Z

    The nine-month waiting-time target expected in today's national plan can only be met if clinically defined referral and access thresholds are introduced, according to King's Fund fellow in health systems Anthony Harrison.

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    Huge shake-up to keep founding aims intact

    2000-07-27T00:00:00Z

    Prime minister Tony Blair is due to unveil the government's NHS 'national plan' to the Commons this afternoon, promising a more consumer-oriented NHS 'fit for the 21st century'.

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    In Brief: GP committee has expressed 'disappointment'

    2000-07-27T00:00:00Z

    The British Medical Association's GP committee has expressed 'disappointment' with government plans to spend £54.5m moving clinics into local surgeries. It said the investment was 'less than £1 per patient', it was not clear where the money would go and it should be used to 'reduce workload' not 'increase demand ...

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    In Brief: Alan Milburn

    2000-07-27T00:00:00Z

    Health secretary Alan Milburn has given the go-ahead for public consultation on proposals to merge Calderdale Healthcare trust and Huddersfield Healthcare Services trust. Public consultation will start on 17 August.

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    In Brief: John Hutton

    2000-07-27T00:00:00Z

    Health minister John Hutton has introduced new standards for the size of rooms and communal areas in care homes, following the end of consultation on its document Fit for the Future, published last year. No more than 20 per cent of rooms will be shared from 2002.

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    In Brief: 'pathology alliance'

    2000-07-27T00:00:00Z

    The Royal College of Pathologists, Institute of Biomedical Science and Association of Clinical Scientists have created a 'pathology alliance' to represent pathology's three main staff groups.

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    In Brief: Welsh centre for NHS Direct satellite

    2000-07-27T00:00:00Z

    A satellite centre for NHS Direct will be set up at North Wales trust's base at Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor, Welsh health secretary Jane Hutt has announced. NHS Direct already operates from Cardiff. The new base will cover north Wales and mean that the whole of Wales will be covered ...

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    In Brief: Worcestershire

    2000-07-27T00:00:00Z

    Worcestershire local medical committee has urged Worcestershire health authority to agree to an independent, expert examination of its plans for a private finance initiative redevelopment of Worcester Royal Infirmary and its impact on services in Kidderminster. It says it is 'profoundly unhappy' with the widely criticised plans.