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NHS e-Referral - latest news
N3 (previously NHSnet and now HSCN) has been the backbone of NHS secure network communications since 2004 and underpinned the launch of Choose and Book (now NHS eReferral), Electronic Prescriptions, NHS Care Records and PACS (Picture Archiving Communications Systems). From the 1st April 2017 the backbone system is now called HSCN which stands for Health & Social Care Network. The ...learn more
Labour, the NHS and Money, is it too good to be true?
April 26, 2017Today the Labour party promised it would fund a pay rise for NHS staff through an increase in the rate of Corporation...
Get your hip or knee operated on in less than 18 weeks on the NHS
April 1, 201718 weeks and waiting even longer now for your hip or knee operation on the NHS. Last week Simon Stevens...
The Madness of the NHS
November 26, 2016In this weekends Daily Telegraph the headline news is “NHS to use private firms to beat the winter crisis.” This is...
Tale of Two Cities
April 18, 2016How can two Cities 40 miles apart offer such radically different access to NHS services? Sheffield with a population of...
e-Referral 6 Months on
January 18, 2016e-Referral 6 Months on. e-Referral, it is now 6 months since the changeover from Choose & Book (C&B) over the weekend 13th...
Independent Sector Top Providers
November 16, 2015The Independent Sector (IS) have been using Choose & Book / e-Referral since the system was fully deployed in 2005....
E-Referrals exciting developments at Yeovil Hospital
November 16, 2015The new e-Referral system is still bedding in but news this week of Yeovil Hospital implementing a full e-booking appointment system....
Top 10 Physiotherapy & Podiatry
June 29, 2015Continuing our Top 10 theme we now look at Physiotherapy & Podiatry. Five categories of Providers are classified as NHS Trust,...
Top 10 Diagnostics
June 24, 2015Diagnostics imaging is currently limited to Ultrasound and MRI with only a small number of other examinations on offer, mainly...