NHS
£500,000 fine coming for businesses that lose data?
News Of these organisations more than 200 were private companies and 209 were NHS health trusts and bodies. Earlier this year the high level of losses among NHS trusts prompted the ICO to write to the... [12 Nov 2009]
NHS bodies outsource payroll in £12m deals
News A further eight NHS bodies have signed on with NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS), an outsourcing joint venture between the Department of Health and Steria. NHS SBS... [13 Oct 2009]
Barts and the London NHS Trust Lowers Procurement Costs to Become One of the Most Efficient NHS Trusts
White Paper Barts and The London NHS Trust wanted to gain real-time view of spend commitment, increase purchase order accuracy, and automate complete procure-to-pay process and leverage multimillion pound annual spend on specialist... [02 Oct 2009]
Photos: The hottest tech out of the UK's Silicon Valley
Photo The system is being trialled with 150 patient records at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge and, if it is successful, the company has 15 other NHS hospitals interested in using the system. With NHS... [24 Sep 2009]
Photos: Medical tech of the future, from robo-pills to cyber-surgeons
Photo While the debate over the future of technology in the NHS rages on, the next generation of surgical tech is already on the way. This is the legged camera pill, a robotic prototype developed by Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna,... [15 Sep 2009]
Business Intelligence Helps Mental Health Provider Improve Responsiveness and Quality of Care
White Paper Serving over 750,000 residents in the county of Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is deeply committed to delivering patient-centered mental health services and continuously strives to improve... [01 Sep 2009]
North Bristol NHS Trust Fulfils Vision for a Truly Digital Hospital With the Support of HP ProCurve Networking
White Paper North Bristol NHS Trust needed to implement a reliable, high-performance and scalable networking infrastructure to support its ambitious vision of a digital 'Super hospital'. North Bristol NHS Trust... [28 Aug 2009]
Eye Hospital Reduces Energy Costs by £10,000 a Year With Virtualised Servers
White Paper The IT department at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is responsible for deploying and hosting medical and business software for the whole of the organisation. With only five people on the team, it is often... [28 Aug 2009]
Future of the NHS: Medical records online could transform healthcare
News Healthcare in the UK could be revolutionised by letting patients view their medical records online, according to senior NHS insiders. Giving patients access to electronic records will play a vital role in helping the... [21 Aug 2009]
Tories plan to revamp NHS IT gets grim diagnosis
News Launching the review shadow health minister, Stephen O'Brien, said in a statement: "Labour's handling of NHS IT has been shambolic. Their top-down, bureaucratic plans have been hugely disruptive to the... [10 Aug 2009]
Underwater robots, Google Moon, edible beetles and ID cards
Photo Photo credit: Walsall Hospitals NHS Trust Moon lets users visit the sites of each Apollo landing and access panoramic images and YouTube clips by following links provided. Here, you can see the location where astronauts... [04 Aug 2009]
Fujitsu techies may strike over pensions and pay
News Fujitsu Services builds and runs IT systems for public-sector and large private-sector organisations, from the NHS to the aviation, financial services and telecommunications industries. IT workers at Fujitsu Services are... [04 Aug 2009]
Offshoring: Is resistance weakening at Whitehall?
News Whitehall already offshores a limited amount of work, including some back office operations under the NHS Shared Business Services Centre run by Steria and the Department of Health. After years of resistance to... [03 Aug 2009]
Business Intelligence Helps Mental Health Provider Improve Responsiveness and Quality
White Paper Serving over 750,000 residents in the county of Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is deeply committed to delivering patient-centered mental health services and continuously strives to improve... [27 Jul 2009]
Virtualisation and cloud: The new weapons in the outsourcing arms race
News Recent megadeals have included BT's £500m contract with the NHS, IBM and CSC's £300m deals with the government's Identity and Passport Service, and a £685m deal for HP-EDS at insurance giant Aviva. As IT outsourcing... [14 Jul 2009]