Connecting for Health
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 agency's head Martin Bellamy departs at the end of... [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 that CfH is helping... [22 Jun 2009]
Photos: What Brown's reshuffle means for tech
Photo The 10 projects that form the programme will replace 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... [10 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 for Success' policy... [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 of Health (DoH)... [28 Apr 2009]
NHS IT delays laid bare by £1.8bn underspend
News It will be the fourth year in a row that NHS IT body Connecting for Health (CfH) has failed to spend all of its allocated capital funds, taking the total capital underspend... [02 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), will see its remit... [09 Mar 2009]
Straight Talking - Talk to the User
White Paper The current troubles of the NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) IT project are a prime example - much of the discontent is because key groups of users do not feel they have been sufficiently... [27 Feb 2009]
Healthcare: Secure, Compliant Virtual Support
White Paper In this decentralized environment, connecting the right support representative to each incident can be challenging. IT personnel in the healthcare industry are faced with the daily challenge of supporting technology... [21 Feb 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]
Integrator Links Disparate Customer Systems to Deliver Business Agility, Lower Risk
White Paper Univertex is a Microsoft Certified Partner that specializes in connecting such systems using Microsoft software. Many companies have financial and sales systems that they want to extend with newer reporting and data... [31 Jan 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 confronts the... [27 Jan 2009]
Is this make or break for £12.7bn NHS IT project?
News Under the deal, BT is replacing an ageing patchwork of 5,000 different NHS computer systems with a nationwide infrastructure connecting more than 100,000 doctors, 380,000 nurses and 50,000 other health... [22 Jan 2009]
The 10 projects at the heart of NHS IT
News While the NHS's NPfIT has already outlasted several heads of IT, its chequered track record is not surprising given the ambitious scale of the project: replacing an ageing patchwork of 5,000 different computer systems with a nationwide... [10 Nov 2008]
NHS failing to give patients the tech they want
News Technology leadership is an area the NHS has recently addressed with the appointments in August of a new CIO for Health and a director of programme and system delivery for the NHS's tech... [24 Oct 2008]
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