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Scottish health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has launched the country's Chronic Medication Service, which aims to set up shared care records between GPs and pharmacists by the end of the year.

Pharmacy system supplier Cegedim Rx has become the first supplier to receive roll-out approval for Release 2 of the Electronic Prescription Service.

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The government has defended its decision to scrap NHS Direct and replace it with a new 111 number service.

Back office jobs supporting health services in the East Midlands will be reduced and outsourced by next spring, according to local newspaper reports.

GP commissioners overspent their budgets by a net 2.5% last year, according to an analysis by the Health Service Journal magazine.

Researchers are looking at whether motion sensing technologies, such as those used by the Nintendo Wii, could be used in the rehabilitation of people with aphasia.

Ealing Hospital NHS Trust in London is using a electronic discharge summary solution from SRC to deliver discharge summaries to GPs within 24 hours of patients leaving hospital.

The UK's largest public service union has started legal action against health secretary Andrew Lansley, claiming that he has refused to properly consult the public on the white paper 'Equity and excellence: Liberating the NHS.'

PCTI has announced that the Church Stretton Medical Practice in Shropshire has become the 5,000th customer for its Docman workflow and collaboration product.

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Physiotherapists from NHS Suffolk have created an online system to help them assess patients and increase the speed of their treatment.

Advanced Health and Care has announced that iNurse mobile solution can now be used on BlackBerry devices.

UK telehealth firm Docobo Ltd has announced an exclusive deal to distribute ComCare, an Australian community care client management system.

News has leaked out that ministers are to scrap the Audit Commission and transfer its audit arm to the private sector.

Remote monitoring of patients with heart failure can reduce deaths and hospital admissions, according to a research review.

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The lead author of a critical incident study of the Emergency Care Record in Scotland has said that it shows that the record improves patient care by enabling safer decision making.

Government procurement agency Buying Solutions has announced that it has awarded a new framework agreement for assistive technologies.

Government procurement agency Buying Solutions has announced that it has awarded a new framework agreement for assistive technologies.