Connecting for Health 12.4bn

IT swallows a quarter of NHS cash budget

News The NPfIT in the NHS is tasked with replacing an ageing patchwork of 5,000 different computer systems with a nationwide infrastructure connecting more than 100,000 doctors, 380,000 nurses and 50,000 other... [09 Jun 2008]

Top IT job at NHS split into two

News The decision to double up the IT roles was taken as part of an ongoing review of effective information use in the NHS amid a £12.4bn overhaul of IT in the NHS known as Connecting for... [28 Apr 2008]

GP patient record system hits latest target

News NHS tech agency Connecting For Health (CfH) said the take-up of the GP2GP system since it was introduced last July has been fast, with two-thirds of surgeries with the necessary... [27 Feb 2008]

NHS online referrals hit six million

News In the second week of January, the total number of appointments made through the system had increased by one million since November 2007, according to NHS tech agency, Connecting for... [24 Jan 2008]

Wireless hospital brings patient data to bedside

News A key driver for the project was to provide medical staff with patient X-rays and scans under the Picture Archiving and Communications System (Pacs) programme set up by Connecting For... [24 Jan 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,... [15 Jan 2008]

Granger to depart NHS IT at end of year

News NHS IT director-general Richard Granger announced his plan to leave his role in charge of the National Programme for IT in the NHS (NPfIT) and Connecting for Health... [05 Dec 2007]

MPs slam NHS electronic care record delays

News The MPs criticised Connecting for Health, the agency responsible for the National Programme for IT in the NHS (NPfIT), for a lack of... [13 Sep 2007]

Wanless calls for NHS IT review

News Just £500,000 has so far been spent on evaluation and Wanless said Connecting for Health, the NHS agency responsible for the NPfIT, should be subject to "detailed... [12 Sep 2007]

The CIOs transforming government IT

Comment That figure also excludes £1.1bn spent on the NHS Connecting for Health programme. The Transformational Government report and Varney review have once again thrust IT up the government... [27 Jun 2007]

Richard Granger's NHS IT legacy

News It has undoubtedly been a turbulent five years and opinion is strongly divided on whether his time in charge of the £12.4bn NHS computerisation programme - also known as Connecting for... [18 Jun 2007]

The CIOs transforming government IT

CIO Analysis That figure also excludes £1.1bn spent on the NHS Connecting for Health programme. The Transformational Government report and Varney review have once again thrust IT up the government... [06 Jun 2007]

DoH in £20m CSC outsourcing extension

News CSC also already holds three of the key lead service provider contracts for the NHS' £12.4bn national Connecting for Health IT project. The UK's... [30 Mar 2007]

NHS hits 18,000 broadband connections target

News Richard Granger, director general of the NHS Connecting for Health programme, said almost 97 per cent of GPs and more than a million NHS staff are now connected to N3. The N3 broadband... [08 Feb 2007]

Biggest spenders on IT in government revealed

News Among the biggest spenders were the NHS, which spent £1.4bn, not including the £1.1bn spent by Connecting for Health, the NHS IT upgrade that's underway. Connecting... [10 Jan 2007]

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