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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 directories for hospitals, GPs and care homes; multimedia guides on some of the most common procedures; comparative data on hospital waiting times, cleanliness and readmission rates; patient feedback facilities; along with a host of other information.The website is scheduled to go live this summer. "We are determined to put patients at the heart of the NHS and making sure patients can access and share information about health services is a crucial part of that. Patients will soon be able to choose, with the click of a button, where they want to have their treatment. Our new choice website will allow the public and clinicians to access a range of information through one super site that will act as a gateway to navigate NHS services,” commented Patricia Hewitt. "Patient choice is about people being in control. Patients needing a hospital appointment should have the right to pick and choose their time, date and place. To make this happen, we need to invest in facilities to help patients take control. Using public libraries and the internet is an ideal way to support patients, families and carers with information." |
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