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RSS dohEnd 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 this month. The new DoH informatics... [24 Jun 2009]
How the £12.7bn NHS IT revamp came off the rails
News They [the DoH] disregarded that advice and then purchased lots of systems that have had to be changed since," he said. A DoH spokesman said: "We welcomed the report from the Public Accounts Committee in... [19 Jun 2009]
Christine Connelly
CIO Profile On joining the DoH in September 2008, Scottish-born Connelly became the first CIO for health in the UK. Connelly recently pledged to end delays to the introduction of electronic medical records across England, saying... [01 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 through initiatives with several NHS agencies... [20 May 2009]
350,000 NHS email accounts Exchanged in massive migration
News The NHS has finished the migration of more than 350,000 NHS email accounts to Microsoft Exchange. Cable & Wireless, which supplies the NHSmail service, started the migration process in January and 12 weeks later, the NHSmail accounts of... [29 Apr 2009]
NHS e-records given six-month deadline
News Department of Health (DoH) director general for informatics Christine Connelly said in a statement: "We will be working closely with the NHS and our current suppliers to improve the pace of delivery. Speaking at the... [28 Apr 2009]
"I am frankly not much excited by technology per se"
Comment After working with the DoH, Creese - who is also vice-president of local government IT professional body, Socitm made the move into IT management by joining Hampshire County Council. Hampshire County Council head of IT... [22 Apr 2009]
Director shake-up: Saviour of NHS IT project?
News The restructure will also see CfH CTO Paul Jones transferring to the Department of Health (DoH). The restructure of CfH will be completed by April and the DoH said the revamp is an attempt to speed up... [09 Mar 2009]
Six-month 'kill or cure' deadline for NHS IT project
News The Department of Health (DoH) must turn around the multibillion pound Care Records Service within six months or risk seeing the scheme broken up, according to MPs. A report released today by the parliamentary spending... [27 Jan 2009]
DOH: A Content Delivery Peer-to-Peer Network
White Paper Many SMEs and non-profit organizations suffer when their Web servers become unavailable due to flash crowd effects when their web site becomes popular. One of the solutions to the flash-crowd problem is to place the web site on a... [04 Aug 2008]
NHS data left lacking encryption
News The Department of Health (DoH) has confirmed that it would then take "at least six months" for each trust to complete the roll-out of encryption. The target of 31 March for encryption to take place was a local deadline... [24 Jun 2008]
NHS CIO jumps ship
News The Department of Health (DoH) confirmed Swindells - who has been working for the department for three and a half years - is moving out of the public sector to work for Tribal Group, a consultancy to the public sector. [15 Apr 2008]
Fresh warning over mobiles in hospitals
News In May this year, the Department of Health (DoH) issued guidelines on the use of mobile phones in hospitals which recommended mobiles should not be used in clinical areas but said NHS trusts should undertake their own... [06 Sep 2007]
Home care moves into the 21st century
News In other news, the Department of Health (DoH) announced earlier this week that London's 21 NHS hospital trusts have completed the rollout of a digital X-ray system. Richard Granger, head of Connecting for Health - the... [23 May 2007]
DoH in £20m CSC outsourcing extension
News The UK's Department of Health (DoH) has agreed a £20m extension to an IT outsourcing deal with CSC. CSC initially won the seven-year £39m contract with the DoH back in 2002. Under the extended agreement... [30 Mar 2007]
