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LONDON, January 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- NHS Alliance Chair Dr Michael Dixon has acknowledged that the job of implementing a fully integrated health service is far from over. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121011/567198-a ) Dr Dixon was speaking exclusively to the ITN Healthcare Channel ahead of the NHS Alliance Annual Conference and declared that his role in driving through clinical commissioning was far from over. He said: "Our mission is...

LONDON, August 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In May 2012 the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust launched a personal online health record system for patients. The ultimate aim of the new system is to empower patients to be better informed not only about their health conditions but also about the service pathways available to them. In an interview with the Healthcare IT Exchange, Mike Denis, Director of Information Strategy at South London and Maudsley NHS...

LONDON, September 29 /PRNewswire/ -- NHS Plus and NHS Direct today announced the NHS Plus network has won its first national contract to provide occupational health services. Led by Health at Work at Imperial College, in partnership with 31 NHS Plus network members, the new national contract will deliver consistently high-quality occupational health services to NHS Direct, the world's leading provider of tele-healthcare information and advice. Kit Harling, Director, NHS Plus said: "NHS Plus...

By Jeremy Laurance Health Editor Ministers have bowed to public and political pressure and performed a U-turn over rules denying NHS patients the right to top up their care with treatment paid for privately. Alan Johnson, the Health Secretary, announced a review yesterday of the current policy which requires patients who choose to buy drugs not available on the NHS to pay the whole cost of their care. The Government had come under pressure from cancer patients demanding the right to buy...