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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH NEWS
GPs could issue appointments via smartphones
NHS Direct considers smartphone app to book GP appointments and help improve healthcare services
NHS funding spent on high margins for ICT
NHS bodies have been spending taxpayers' money on high margins for ICT - anywhere up to 231 per cent, says report
Doctors are balloted on industrial action
NHS staff could contribute as much as 14.5 per cent of their pay to their pensions, says the BMA
''Nursing cutbacks harming patient care''
Cutbacks in community nursing is seriously affecting the quality of care that patients receive, says RCN
Lansley will eventually release NHS risk register
Andrew Lansley confirms that the government will release a risk report on controversial NHS reforms at some point
LATEST DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FEATURES
Patient safety- a primary concern?
The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement's Dr Robert Varnam calls for renewed research and development to understand and improve patient safety in primary care
The NHS could save millions by cleaning up patient data
The credibility of NHS data took a knock after reports that there were 20,000 pregnant men on its database as well as 10,000 failed asylum seekers and 32,000 people who were dead. Gayna Hart, managing director of Quicksilva, looks at the problem
iPads in local councils - members can even vote
Spending taxpayers' money on iPads for local councillors led to negative press for Scarborough council, but its chief executive Jim Dillon tells Matthew D'Arcy that the investment will pay off and will even directly help with the authority's democratic function
Andrew Lansley
Health Secretary
Simon Burns
Health minister
Paul Burstow
Care services minister
Anne Milton
Public health minister
Earl Howe
Quality minister
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