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NHS network: Time to get secure
Comment Although NHS trusts and GP surgeries are connecting to N3 and making good use of it with some of the national applications, many GPs are storing PID in computers in their surgeries on... [07 Jul 2009]
End of the line for NHS IT agency?
News The Department of Health (DoH) is in talks over what should become of the Connecting for Health (CfH) name after the... [24 Jun 2009]
'Innovation, not cutbacks, is right prescription for NHS IT'
News Ken Lunn, NHS Connecting for Health's director of data standards and products, said earlier in June that the organisation is agnostic toward open-source software, and... [22 Jun 2009]
How e-coding can prevent NHS slip-ups
Comment GS1 UK, a not-for-profit organisation with promotes data standards for supply chains, has been supporting the Department of Health's (DoH) 'Coding... [20 May 2009]
NHS e-records given six-month deadline
News He said: "We will continue to work with NHS [Connecting for Health] to determine how we can best meet the changing requirements of the NHS. Department... [28 Apr 2009]
Director shake-up: Saviour of NHS IT project?
News After years of delays and rising costs on the National Programme for IT (NPfIT), the body which oversees the programme, Connecting for Health (CfH),... [09 Mar 2009]
NHS critical IT faults leap 80 per cent
News A spokesman for the NHS Connecting for Health service delivery team said: "When you deploy a national system such as The Spine or Choose and Book, you will get some... [02 Feb 2009]
Six-month 'kill or cure' deadline for NHS IT project
News Dr Vivienne Nathanson, head of science and ethics at the BMA, said in a statement: "With the UK deep in recession the government must ensure that Connecting for Health... [27 Jan 2009]
£11m for learner dentists' IT
News The Department of Health, NHS Connecting for Health and the Dental IT programme board announced the cash injection yesterday, with an... [09 Oct 2008]
Fujitsu could face £500m bill over NHS deal
News A spokesman for Connecting for Health (CfH), the body responsible for delivering NHS IT systems, said it had nothing to add to the figures. Now... [10 Sep 2008]
NHS names top tech tag team
News Martin Bellamy will lead NHS Connecting for Health as the new director of programme and system delivery and will look at how to improve partner relationships. He added,... [07 Aug 2008]
Hospitals roll out RFID
News Connecting for Health (CfH) said the NHS was also looking at using RFID tags to track shipments in NHS logistics and to improve other services. About 175 hospitals are expected to have... [09 Jul 2008]
NHS data handling: Calls for independent audits
News The potential change was revealed by Marlene Winfield, national patient lead for NHS IT body Connecting for Health. She said the Department... [07 Jul 2008]
NHS data left lacking encryption
News Many trusts will be unable to meet the local targets as set by strategic health authorities (SHAs) as they had been told not to begin the work until Connecting for... [24 Jun 2008]
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... [09 Jun 2008]
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