CfH accenture
The 10 projects at the heart of NHS IT
News CfH recently upgraded Choose and Book to streamline its interface and the way rejected bookings, work lists and reports are dealt with by the system. The NHS IT body Connecting for Health (CfH) counters... [10 Nov 2008]
Fujitsu ditches £896m NHS IT contract
News Negotiations between NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) and Fujitsu broke down over how much it would cost to alter the systems it has been deploying in the south of England. A spokesman for CfH said:... [29 May 2008]
Confusion over Granger's NHS departure
News On announcing his decision to step down from his position running the National Programme for IT in the NHS and as CEO of Connecting for Health (CfH) in June last year, Granger initially indicated he would leave in... [15 Jan 2008]
NHS IT switchover completed
News Accenture has completed the handover of the NHS IT systems it was running to CSC, following its decision to pull out of two big contracts that formed part of Connecting for Heath (CfH), the giant NHS IT... [11 Jan 2007]
Troubled iSoft posts £14.6m loss
News In September, Accenture - which had subcontracted iSoft to supply its Lorenzo clinical records software - pulled out of the NHS CfH project altogether. The AIDB is probing the actions of several current... [12 Dec 2006]
Accenture pulls out of £12.4bn NHS IT project
News Accenture was awarded the two contracts to be the local service provider (LSP) for the Connecting for Health (CfH) programme in the East and North East regions back in 2003 but will now hand over the... [28 Sep 2006]
NHS IT "sleepwalking towards disaster"
News The two MPs, Richard Bacon, Conservative MP for South Norfolk, and John Pugh, Liberal Democrat MP for Southport, are both members of the parliamentary spending watchdog the Public Accounts Committee that recently criticised progress on... [11 Sep 2006]
iSoft reveals massive loss
News NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) issued a statement on Friday morning in which it noted iSoft's financial results had been published. And it confirms that it will make the Lorenzo product available through 2008, which is... [25 Aug 2006]
"No believable plan" for key NHS IT software
News One of the major concerns raised by Accenture and CSC in the report is that iSoft is building a generic solution that will require time-consuming and costly customisation to meet the needs of the Connecting for Health... [21 Aug 2006]
NHS IT prescription glitch fixed
News NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) said it and supplier Accenture were alerted to "an issue" last Thursday at a GP practice that was using an NHS CfH GP IT system. NHS CfH... [12 Jun 2006]
Interview: NHS IT director general Richard Granger
Comment Criticism stems from delays to various parts of CfH, which have led to one of the lead suppliers, Accenture, taking a $450m hit on its profits. That's NHS IT chief Richard Granger's response to the... [26 May 2006]
NHS IT delays cost Accenture $450m
News The company largely pointed the finger of blame at subcontractor iSoft for failing to deliver the clinical IT software on time - but also cited higher than expected development and integration costs and lower demand for iSoft's GP... [31 Mar 2006]