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Tories plan to revamp NHS IT gets grim diagnosis
News The Conservative Party has today revealed its plans to reform what it calls Labour's "shambolic" and "costly" plans for healthcare technology in England. The plans are designed to end the repeated delays to a core part... [10 Aug 2009]
Christine Connelly
CIO Profile Connelly recently pledged to end delays to the introduction of electronic medical records across England, saying that if there is not significant progress in delivery by November 2009, the DoH will move to a new plan for... [01 Jun 2009]
NHS e-records given six-month deadline
News The NHS project to digitise medical records in England has six months to shape up - or else. Connelly also gave hope to health trusts in South England that have been waiting for new PAS since a DoH deal... [28 Apr 2009]
BT deal 'has killed risk of NHS IT walkout'
News Such rumours have effectively been put to bed with the news last week of a new deal that will see BT Global Services support patient administration systems at eight health trusts within the south of England, previously... [06 Apr 2009]
NHS IT delays laid bare by £1.8bn underspend
News The agency blamed its ongoing spending shortfall on falling behind its timetable for implementing electronic medical records across England under the Care Records Service. The agency overseeing the... [02 Apr 2009]
Six-month 'kill or cure' deadline for NHS IT project
News Currently, the patient administration systems (PAS) needed to lay the groundwork for electronic medical record transfers are only deployed in 133 of England's 380 acute hospital trusts. The Department of Health (DoH)... [27 Jan 2009]
GP2GP puts 5,000 doctors' records in rude health
News Patient records are now being electronically transferred between thousands of GP practices in England, thanks to the NHS's GP2GP system. The system, which allows the secure transfer of records between doctors' practices,... [26 Jan 2009]
Fujitsu could face £500m bill over NHS deal
News A Fujitsu spokesman said in a statement: "Fujitsu Services is working closely with the NHS to ensure a smooth transition to future arrangements for trusts in the South of England. Fujitsu could be forced to pay the NHS... [10 Sep 2008]
Health trust abandons NHS care record upgrade
News The Trust said it terminated the implementation because it had lost confidence in the delivery of the system following Fujitsu's exit as the provider delivering the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in the south of... [22 Jul 2008]
Gov't slams Fujitsu's "core contract" NHS IT failings
News Bradshaw said talks had been going on since last summer with the vendor responsible for delivering the electronic care records system in the south of England. Fujitsu Service's £896m NHS IT contract was terminated... [26 Jun 2008]
Fujitsu to pay back NHS £67m
News The figure emerged during a Public Accounts Committee hearing into NPfIT, where there was disagreement between the NHS and Fujitsu over the reason for the collapse of its contract to deliver the care records systems in the south of... [17 Jun 2008]
