Electronic Patient Record
35% of Acute Trusts to have EPRs by 2002 and 100% of acute Trusts to have EPRs by 2005

Prescribing
Community prescribing with electronic links to GPs and the PPA. (2000-2002)

National Electronic Library for Health (NeLH)
The creation of a National electronic Library for Health will provide staff in NHS Organisations with electronic access to a range of accredited clinical and health related reference material

NHS Direct
NHS Direct - a nurse-led helpline providing healthcare information and advice - will be available to the whole population (October 2000).

Telemedicine and Telecare
Telemedicine and Telecare options will be considered routinely in all Health Improvement Programmes (2000-2002)

Publicly accessible Internet - based information
Ensure that every member of the public can get access to a core set of information about the NHS services in their local community (100% of LIS Communities by 31st March 2001)



Additional Investment Targets

Connection of GP practices to NHSnet
95% of all GP practices to be connected to NHSnet by 31st March 2001 and 100% of all GP practices to be connected to NHSnet by 31st March 2002

Publicly accessible Internet-based information
Ensure that every member of the public can get access to a core set of information about the NHS services in their local community (100% of LIS Communities by 31st March 2001)

Electronic Patient Record
10% (nationally) of acute Trusts to have Level 3 Electronic Patient Record systems by 31st March 2001

Staff access to NHSnet
100% of Trust-based clinical and other relevant staff to have access to NHSnet by 31st March 2001

Pathology Services
100% of Trust pathology departments to have access to NHSnet by 31st December 2000

GP Practices computerised
98% of GP practices to be computerised by 31st March 2001 and 90% of all GP practices to have desktop access to NHSnet by 31st March 2001