Urgent care change pilots started
NHS England has established pilots for a “system-wide transformation” of emergency services, which includes enhancing the NHS 111 service and restructuring A&Es.
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NHS England to spend £33m on 111 tech
NHS England will spend £33m on re-procuring technical elements of NHS 111, a board paper has revealed.
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Scotland live with 111
Scotland has gone live with NHS 111 as the new contact number for the Scottish health advice helpline NHS 24; a year after England began its troubled launch of the service.
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NHS 24 delays £27m IT system
Scotland’s NHS 24 has delayed the deployment of its £27m patient contact and triage management system indefinitely, just weeks before going live with NHS 111.
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HSCIC takes NHS Direct services
The Health and Social Care Information Centre will take over some NHS Direct services, such as online symptom checkers, from April this year.
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Target watch festive special
EHI launched ‘target watch’ to keep track of the many targets being set for NHS IT and information services. This bumper edition rounds up the occasional hits and many misses of 2013; and looks forward to 2014.
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Last 111 sites live in February
The last NHS 111 sites are due to go live with the service in February 2014, nearly a year after originally planned.
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Commissioners to see pathways
NHS 111 increased ambulance call-outs
NHS 111 increased the use of ambulances in England during its first year of operation, a new study shows.
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Greater role for enhanced NHS 111
NHS 111 will be enhanced to allow clinical staff to view patients’ medical information under plans to overhaul urgent and emergency care provision announced today.
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