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Health care records service delayed
News Tim Burr, head of the National Audit Office, said in a statement: "The scale of the challenge involved in delivering the National Programme for IT has proved to be far greater than envisaged at the start, with serious delays in delivering the new... [16 May 2008]
Confusion over Granger's NHS departure
News Some have been fined for delays while others, such as IDX, have been ditched and in 2006 Accenture controversially withdrew from its £2bn worth of NHS contracts to deliver new patient and GP systems in the East and North East regions. [15 Jan 2008]
MPs slam NHS electronic care record delays
News MPs have slammed the delays and lack of progress in rolling out a national system of electronic patient records, a key plank of the government's £12.4bn NHS IT project. The MPs criticised Connecting for Health, the agency responsible for 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 the productivity gains... [12 Sep 2007]
Richard Granger's NHS IT legacy
News Some have been fined for delays while others, such as IDX, have been ditched and last year Accenture controversially withdrew from its £2bn worth of NHS contracts to deliver new patient and GP systems in the East and North East regions. [18 Jun 2007]
iSoft bought by Oz healthcare company
News Delays in the delivery of Lorenzo have contributed to considerable criticism of NPfIT, while iSoft itself has been the subject of financial probes and was blamed for the departure of Accenture from NPfIT. [17 May 2007]
Troubled iSoft posts £14.6m loss
News However, its involvement has been overshadowed by delays and investigations into its financial practices. The future of the troubled NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) software provider iSoft remains in doubt after the struggling UK software vendor... [12 Dec 2006]
NHS chief orders IT overhaul
News The IT programme has suffered several setbacks and delays, including the withdrawal of local service partner Accenture and software supplier iSoft's financial struggles. The IT Local Ownership Programme is intended to make sure the programme "is... [28 Nov 2006]
Accenture pulls out of £12.4bn NHS IT project
News Accenture warned in its financial results earlier this year it expected to take a $450m hit on its NHS IT contracts over the next three to four years because of delays that led it to miss the deadlines for delivering working systems. [28 Sep 2006]
NHS IT "sleepwalking towards disaster"
News The government's £12.4bn NHS IT programme is "sleepwalking towards disaster" with suppliers, local trusts and clinical staff losing confidence in it amid delays and spiralling costs, according to two MPs. [11 Sep 2006]
iSoft reveals massive loss
News Accenture said: "There will be significant delays by one of Accenture's major subcontractors in delivering software that is critical to the systems' deployment, creating additional cost implications including more interim solutions. [25 Aug 2006]
Leader: The good of IT in healthcare
Leader Much of which, granted, might well be warranted - with costs likely exceeding £12bn, a series of rollout delays and scepticism from some doctors who wonder if it's "the biggest government IT disaster yet". [17 Aug 2006]
NHS "better off" without IT upgrade
News The list of failures and delays grows ever longer. The report comes to light at a bad time for the NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) scheme, which last week saw massive systems failures in 80 hospitals.silicon.com Public Sector [07 Aug 2006]
MPs slam NHS IT delays
News Delays with the £6.2bn NHS IT programme have been blamed on a lack of proper clinical consultation during the procurement of the systems. NHS CEO Sir Ian Carruthers and NHS director general of IT Richard Granger were grilled on the Connecting for... [27 Jun 2006]
NHS IT spending will reach £12.4bn
News It must make sure there are no further delays to the rollout of systems; make sure that NHS organisations play a full part in implementing the programme's systems; and win the hearts and minds of NHS staff. [16 Jun 2006]
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