Wednesday 14 March 2007

GP2GP project hits 2006/07 deployment target:

* GP2GP project hits 2006/07 deployment target:
NHS Connecting for Health has exceeded its target for implementing GP2GP at
500 practices before 31 March 2007.
http://www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/gp2gpnews060307

* New national clinical lead for patient safety:
Dr Maureen Baker CBE has joined NHS Connecting for Health as the new
national clinical lead for patient safety, as of 1 March.
http://www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/baker060307


WHAT'S NEW:

* GP2GP at work in Bury:
Dr John Hampson, a GP at Greenmount Medical Centre in Bury, shares his
enthusiasm for the GP2GP record transfer process.
http://www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/gp2gpbury060307

* Saving lives with PACS:
Dr Michael Creagh, consultant radiologist and director of radiology in the
Ashford and St Peters NHS Trust, tells us how digital images helped to save
the life of a patient with a fractured skull.
http://www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/ashfordpacs050307

* Using a new Patient Administration System:
Stickney Surgery in Lincolnshire now uses a TPP SystmOne GP system. GP
Practice Manager Christine Morgan discusses how they came to that decision.
http://www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/stickney080307

* Eastern Cluster 'NHS Update':
Download edition 9 of the Eastern Cluster newsletter 'NHS Update', including
news on "changing ways of working" in the United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS
Trust (PDF 34Kb).
http://www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/easternupdate080307

* Nursing Knowledge Project questionnaire:
This is a further chance for nurses to say what information they need to be
able to access at the point of care.
http://www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/delivery/serviceimplementation/ndp/new
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