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NHS ‘super-website’ announced
Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt has revealed that patient choice is to be extended with the launch of a new flagship ‘super-website’. Known as ‘NHS Choices’, the website will feature a number of innovative benefits, including; searchable comprehensive directo...
Social care gets £13m for ICT
A funding package worth £13m has been announced for social workers to use a range of ICT measures in their daily work. The technologies, which will include mobile devices such as laptops and PDAs, will enable the social care workforce to keep pace with demands...
Stroke services get system boost
A new computer-based programme designed to assist health care workers modernise their service for stroke sufferers has been launched, in a move that experts have claimed will help save lives and prevent thousands of strokes. The system, called ‘Asset 2’, ident...
e-Records scheme hurried
The implementation of the NHS Care Records Service is to be speeded up, according to Health Minister Lord Warner. A number of new initiatives will be introduced to improve progress on the system, which is viewed as a vital part of the current e-government prog...
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