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UK-wide online system letting patients see results within hours of a test may be used by other specialities
This is an unusual example of a system built by a couple of NHS organisations in one nation – health boards in Scotland in this case – which is then adopted by units across the UK. Continue reading “Open source test results service adopted by renal patients”
Ali Parsa, chief executive of the private company running a Cambridgeshire NHS trust, tells SA Mathieson how he aims to make the hospital one of the best in the country
As well as talking to Ali Parsa, I also spoke to Circle’s head of IT Gary Mudie on his plans for Hinchingbrooke. Continue reading “Hinchingbrooke hospital chief: unions do not doubt our intentions”
Private healthcare firm plans use of mobile and wireless technology to make the NHS hospital more efficient
I’ve also interviewed Circle head Ali Parsa twice, most recently here. Continue reading “Circle looks to save Hinchingbrooke staff time with mobile devices”
A version of this article appeared in Chipping Norton News, April 2012
If you’re driving past Bitter and Twisted towards the town hall, the choice of whether to turn right down New Street or keep straight onto West Street may not seem like a major one. But if you followed the two A-roads which divide at this point to their ultimate destinations, the turn down the hill would lead you to Aberystwyth, while the way past the bus stops would eventually get you to Ilfracombe in north Devon.
Continue reading “A44, A361, A34: Chipping Norton at the crossroads”
A version of this article appeared in Chipping Norton News, March 2012
Chipping Norton’s neighbourhood and community support police officers are opening an account on Twitter.
Neighbourhood officers visited Great Tew School reception class, Chris they loved your police car!
— TVP Chipping Norton (@TVP_Chippy) February 23, 2012
Continue reading “CI Colin Paine, the tweeting policeman of West Oxfordshire”