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News The £12.4bn NHS IT upgrade could end in failure if nurses are not better informed and consulted about the giant project. A quarter (26 per cent) said they had received no information about NHS IT developments and 61 per cent said they had not been... [24 Aug 2006]
RFID blood-tracking trial planned
News NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) is looking to work with one or more trusts in England to pilot a national IT specification for blood tracking. The specification will inform the work of NHS CfH and of commercial companies that produce hardware and... [22 Aug 2006]
"No believable plan" for key NHS IT software
News There is "no believable plan" for the development of the key clinical records software at the heart of the NHS' £6.2bn IT programme, according to a leaked review of the plans. The review of troubled healthcare software company iSoft's development... [21 Aug 2006]
iSoft lands Spanish health deal
News Earlier this year iSoft announced it was laying off 10 per cent of staff and revising accounts, in the wake of troubles with the multi-billion-pound upgrade of the NHS IT system. Get the latest public sector news straight to your inbox. [17 Aug 2006]
Leader: The good of IT in healthcare
Leader The NHS IT modernisation programme has received its fair share of criticism. But ironically at a Northern Ireland hospital trust outside the remit of the NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) programme, silicon.com has seen just how beneficial IT can be... [17 Aug 2006]
Digital X-ray plan hits halfway in London and south
News NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) said 50 per cent of trusts - 33 - now have the Picture Archiving and Communications System (Pacs) deployed. NHS CfH claims it will complete "the bulk" of Pacs deployments by March 2007, with deployments complete by... [09 Aug 2006]
Remote access gains for Bedford NHS Trust
Case Study Bedford Hospital NHS Trust has revamped its approach to remote access, cutting the cost of IT support staff dialling in to systems as well as trimming its bills for pharmacists and radiologists - often expensive third-party contractors. [08 Aug 2006]
NHS "better off" without IT upgrade
News The Observer yesterday reported it had seen an official NHS document sent to a Public Accounts Committee MP, who has confirmed the report's existence and damning analysis of the NHS National Programme for IT. [07 Aug 2006]
NHS data centre repairs "almost complete"
News Most repairs to computer services in 80 hospital trusts that were downed by a power cut earlier this week are complete, the NHS has reported. In a statement today, NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) said: "We can report the recovery of computer... [02 Aug 2006]
Digital pens write "the end" for paper
News Last month NHS IT director general Richard Granger described the reliance on paper records in the health service as a risk. The second phase of the trial will see the information sent straight back into the client record systems. [03 Nov 2005]
Ebusiness Despatches: Technologists' personalities and a low-tech health service
Comment The government really does need to invest in the NHS, and the private sector should also take some of this medicine. They were delightfully cynical and talking us straight into recession. I spend my time doing things that I really enjoy, on... [13 Jun 2001]
BMA expert attacks NHS online plans
News Last week the NHS (National Health Service) announced plans to plough £20m into the project following a £5m pilot project last year. The National Booked Admissions Programme is a scheme that lets doctors and consultants book their patients straight... [20 Apr 1999]
UK health service gets £20m online boost
News The NHS also hopes to explore telemedicine, which provides visual connections between GPs and patients in their homes. The scheme lets doctors and consultants book their patients straight into hospital schedules, giving patients more choice and a... [16 Apr 1999]
