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The health secretary believes technology can help change the health service. The NHS Confederation conference heard how a Bradford GP surgery is taking a lead "Through telehealth, it's not just the technology, it's the ability to redesign the service," Andrew Lansley told the NHS Confederation's annual conference last week. The health secretary also praised other methods for providing healthcare remotely, including the 111 advice and out-of-hours services that are being extended across England. Over the last few years, the Department of Health has run a large-scale test of...

Interactive map of the English health service's new pathfinders for primary care, formerly known as GP commissioning consortia, including fifth wave announced on 7 July • Get the data Table and article on second wave of pathfinder consortia Table and article on third wave of pathfinder consortia Table and article on fourth wave of pathfinder consortia Table and article on fifth wave of pathfinder groups Update: Julian Beach of Cordis Bright has used this data to produce a map of the consortia showing their population size through the circle size - see it here . The first wave of GP commissioning...