NHS Connecting for Health news February 2007

* ePrescribing programme publishes Functional Specification:
The Electronic Prescribing (ePrescribing) programme has reached an important
milestone with the publication of Version 1.0 of the ePrescribing Functional
Specification.

http://www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/news/eprescribing020207

* Voice services on N3 available from Spring 2007:
The N3 Service Provider and NHS Connecting for Health have announced that
they are developing a series of voice services on the N3 network, scheduled
for availability from Spring 2007.
http://www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/news/voiceservices

* Discover even more about GP2GP:
There is now improved information available about the GP2GP project,
including benefits, how it works, latest news and FAQs.
http://www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/gp2gp

* Nursing Development Programme:
Learn more about the involvement and engagement of the nursing profession in
the development, design and delivery of the National Programme for IT.
http://www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/delivery/serviceimplementation/ndp

* 'PACS - the story so far' - the future:
The final part in our series of clinician interviews looks at what may be
possible through the Picture Archiving and Communications System in the
future.
http://www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/pacs/the-story-so-far

* Online submission form for OPCS-4.5 review:
Suggestions can now be submitted online for interventions and procedures not
currently captured by OPCS-4.4, an information standard within the NHS
Classifications Service, to be considered for inclusion in the next
revision.
http://www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/opcsform290107

* National Standard representation of Clinical Imaging Procedures:
Codes and descriptions for use in the representation of Clinical Imaging
Procedures have been released, intended for use in all Imaging Department
information systems.
http://www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/imaging020207