Just what the doctor ordered
By Nick Heath
Published: 1 December 2008 17:10 GMT
An NHS spin off company has won a £13.8m outsourcing deal to provide payroll services to 12 health bodies.
NHS Shared Business Services (SBS), a joint venture between the Department of Health and Steria, will provide finance, accounting and payroll business process outsourcing services for the organisations.
silicon.com Public Sector
Get the latest public sector news straight to your inbox. Sign up for the PS newsletter today!
NHS SBS already provides similar services for more than 100 NHS groups.
The joint venture will see health bodies able to share technology, financial controls and best practice.
Leicestershire Partnership Trust (LPT) is one of the latest groups to move to NHS SBS as their payroll provider.
Tony Burnell, director of people and transformation at LPT, said in a statement: "NHS SBS have the knowledge and capability to supply a first class payroll system."
During an economic downturn many companies will fo...
Dr. Paul Whatling, Director of International Healthcare Consulting at Perot Systems
Through working in partnership with customers they utilise their industry experience to create flexible solutions that exceed expectations and ...
It provides business consulting, systems integration, and IT and business process outsourcing services. Logica are looking for SOA Solution ...
It provides business consulting, systems integration, and IT and business process outsourcing services. Senior Bid Manager - UK Wide - 70-95k + bens ...
Agenda Setters 2009
Welcome to the ninth annual Agenda Setters poll – silicon.com's list of the top 50 most influential individuals in the technology and IT industries, from techies and CIOs to entrepreneurs and business leaders. Find out more in our latest special report.
Stories from the web...
Copyright © 2008 CBS Interactive Limited. All rights reserved. Top of page
Digg
Slashdot
Del.icio.us
Stumble
Reddit
RSS Feeds
Nick Heath
Let's shine a light into the public sector IT money pit
With £16bn being spent, why is productivity still falling?
Tim Ferguson
BBC is taking tech seriously, so give it a break!
Auntie is the envy of the world but doesn't get the credit it deserves at home...
Peter Cochrane
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Open info for all?
Government stonewalling citizens
Nick Heath
Home Office CIO on taming tech and why ID cards are good news
Interview: Annette Vernon, Home Office CIO
Nick Heath
NHS records, Google and Microsoft: Where do you want your data?
Politicians: Heal thyself
Alan Hunt
NHS network: Time to get secure
Patient data in need of a check up