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The new NHS e-Referral service will ‘operate at about 20 per cent of the Choose and Book operating costs', NHS England has revealed.
The organisation told Computing that while no costing information has been published as a matter of commercial sensitivity, the delivery costs of the NHS e-Referral service will be significantly lower than the £356m Choose and Book system that preceded it.
The Choose and Book system is an online booking service for patients and healthcare professionals that was introduced in 2004. But its use by GPs is "variable" and this has led to annual savings of up to £51m being missed, according to a report on NHS waiting times published by the Public Accounts Committee.
http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news...erate-at-20-per-cent-of-choose-and-book-costs
The organisation told Computing that while no costing information has been published as a matter of commercial sensitivity, the delivery costs of the NHS e-Referral service will be significantly lower than the £356m Choose and Book system that preceded it.
The Choose and Book system is an online booking service for patients and healthcare professionals that was introduced in 2004. But its use by GPs is "variable" and this has led to annual savings of up to £51m being missed, according to a report on NHS waiting times published by the Public Accounts Committee.
http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news...erate-at-20-per-cent-of-choose-and-book-costs