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RSS NPfITHealth 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 Health minister Ben Bradshaw said Fujitsu was unable to fulfil vital elements of its "core contract" to provide part of the £12.7bn National Programme for IT (NPfIT). Fujitsu Service's £896m NHS IT contract was... [26 Jun 2008]
NHS broadband network speeds patient diagnosis
News The Kent and Medway Community of Interest Network (Coin), which launched this week, runs on the NHS' N3 broadband network - part of the £12.7bn NHS IT modernisation programme, the National Programme for IT (NPfIT). [18 Jun 2008]
NHS head defends major IT delays
News Six years into the national NHS IT programme (NPfIT) the Lorenzo care records systems have still not gone live anywhere in the country, leaving health trusts in the North, Midlands and the East to rely on interim systems... [18 Jun 2008]
Fujitsu to pay back NHS £67m
News The service provider, which had its contract to deliver part of the £12.7bn National Programme for IT (NPfIT) terminated last month, owes the money out of £143m it received from the NHS in advance payments.silicon.com... [17 Jun 2008]
IT swallows a quarter of NHS cash budget
News The spending spike coincides with the launch, in 2002, of the £12.4bn National Programme for IT (NPfIT) to revamp NHS IT systems.silicon.com Public Sector The cost of the NPfIT is already more than... [09 Jun 2008]
Fujitsu ditches £896m NHS IT contract
News BT or CSC is thought to be favourite to take over responsibility for the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in the NHS in southern England but Fujitsu will continue to run the existing systems until its successor is... [29 May 2008]
NHS CIO jumps ship
News Matthew Swindells was acting as interim boss of the £12.4bn National Programme for IT (NPfIT) following the departure of NHS IT director general, Richard Granger, at the beginning of the year. Find out what Richard... [15 Apr 2008]
NHS online referrals hit six million
News Choose and Book is one of numerous tech projects under the £12.4bn NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT). Richard Granger, the director general of NPfIT is due to step down later this year, leaving a... [24 Jan 2008]
Nortel Network Case Study: Milton Keynes General NHS Trust
White Paper With its local area network unable to provide the capacity needed to achieve NPfIT performance targets, the Trust required a complete overhaul of its existing IT platform. To give the Trust a highly resilient VPN that... [11 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 (CfH) in June and the timetable for his departure has... [05 Dec 2007]
Can biometrics secure the public's data?
Comment Apparently, systems that support electronic patient records - a central part of the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) - produce audit trails of who has accessed what information. With the furore over 25 million missing... [23 Nov 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 local involvement in the care record project. Despite the problems the report said the... [13 Sep 2007]
Wanless calls for NHS IT review
News The new report claims that despite the increased level of investment in IT in the health service, the problems and delays with the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in the NHS have the potential to seriously undermine... [12 Sep 2007]
GPs to get greater tech choice
News GPSoC was announced in February and is designed to make sure patients see the full benefits of technology upgrades made through the NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT). The NPfIT projects supported by... [31 Jul 2007]
