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Hospital infrastructure projects in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dunfermline are among building works now under way across the Scottish NHS The Scottish government has confirmed that construction work valued at £2bn and aimed at delivering better facilities for the NHS is under way. Among the projects are...
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Audit Scotland says despite good progress of Scottish NHS, pressure of costs and demand is building All health bodies in Scotland met their financial targets, but 10 out of 14 NHS boards have reported underlying recurring deficits, Scotland's spending watchdog has said. In an overview of the NHS...
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Deal will allow all hospitals in Scotland to send patient letters and results electronically NHS Scotland will introduce an electronic document transfer (EDT) hub in all Scottish hospitals to allow patient letters and results to be sent directly to GPs. It has agreed a deal with software firm PCTI Solutions...
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One in eight breaches reported by health service organisations resulted in staff dismissal Figures released to the privacy campaign group Big Brother Watch show that 806 separate incidents involving patient medical records being compromised took place at 152 NHS trusts between July 2008 and July 2011...
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Job moves: health secretary Andrew Lansley names professor Malcolm Grant as his preferred choice to head the NHS Commissioning Board, while Heatherwood and Wrexham Park hospitals appoints new chief executive and NHS Dumfries and Galloway confirms its boss is set to leave Professor Malcolm Grant is Andrew...
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Audit Scotland calls on the health service to consider the wider use of care-at-home technology Scotland's NHS boards should pay more attention to telehealth when developing or redesigning services, according to the country's auditor. In a new report on telehealth, Audit Scotland says that although...
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New TV channel will pilot GP bookings and repeat prescriptions, as well as providing patients in Scotland with health advice NHS 24 has launched a new health information channel on three digital television systems, in a bid to improve access to advice for those without internet connections. The channel...
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Summit speakers call for a fundamental rethink of public services in Scotland in age of austerity but policies for free health and education to remain put There must be a fundamental rethink of public services in Scotland, according to discussions at the Guardian Public Services Summit in Edinburgh....
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Scotland's health advice service says contract with new services provider will be signed early next year NHS 24, Scotland's provider of national telehealth and telecare services, has named Capgemini as the "preferred bidder" to run its clinical applications and patient contact management...
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Scottish health board aims to heavily reduce the use of paper NHS Orkney has introduced iPads for members to use at board meetings, estimating it will help save about £28,000 a year in printing and associated costs. The health board, the smallest in Scotland, said the move has almost entirely eliminated...
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300 'dementia champions' will be trained to work across the NHS and local authorities by 2013, says Scottish Government The Scottish Government has unveiled plans to train hundreds of dementia champions over the next two years to work across the NHS and councils. It is taking the step in a bid...
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Scottish government outlines plans to get patients more directly involved in their own healthcare by focusing on outcomes from eHealth technology Scotland's NHS will switch its focus from new technology projects, to the benefits and outcomes they deliver to healthcare professionals in helping them...
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Scottish Government publishes a tender worth up to £50m for health service telecoms National Services Scotland (NSS) is looking for a single supplier for a framework deal to supply Scottish health boards with voice telecoms services. In a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Union...
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Data shows Scotland is a third of the way to target of removing a quarter of top health service managers The NHS in Scotland removed 107 senior managerial posts, or 8.1% of the total, in the year to March 2011, the Scottish Government has said. It is aiming to reduce the total by 25% by 2015. "I...
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Greater coordination of transport for health and social care could lead to significant improvements and financial savings, according to Audit Scotland Poor information about services and uncoordinated arrangements mean there is a risk people in Scotland are not getting the health and social care transport...