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News Dr Mike Bainbridge, a clinical architect for the NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) programme, said: "Medicine in the 21st century is not quite there yet. CfH's Bainbridge also said privacy is a major challenge for the NHS. [22 Jun 2006]
NHS bans World Cup video streams
News Users of NHS computers will find that access to video and audio streaming of the World Cup, from broadcasters such as the BBC and TalkSport, will not be available, NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) said. [19 Jun 2006]
NHS IT spending will reach £12.4bn
News This includes £6.2bn for the main fixed-price IT contracts, £382m for new projects, £239m on additional services and £1.9bn on other expenditure by NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) on centrally managed projects and services. [16 Jun 2006]
GPs get £1 a patient incentive to use NHS IT
News The Choose and Book system is part of the £6.2bn Connecting for Health (CfH) project to overhaul and modernise NHS IT systems - and it has had its critics. But NHS CfH claims momentum is continuing to build behind Choose and Book with an average of... [13 Jun 2006]
NHS IT prescription glitch fixed
News NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) said it and supplier Accenture were alerted to "an issue" last Thursday at a GP practice that was using an NHS CfH GP IT system. NHS CfH said in a statement: "The GP practice highlighted that out-of-date repeat... [12 Jun 2006]
NHS IT director general Granger's salary revealed
News The salary details show that Granger started in the senior civil service pay band of £250,000 to £255,000 when he joined on 7 October 2002 and has now progressed to the £280,000 to £285,000 pay band, earning a total of around £1.05m in his four... [30 May 2006]
NHS IT chief warns against local budget cuts
News The financial meltdown in some healthcare authorities across the country will not hit funding for the rollout of the £7bn Connecting for Health (CfH) modernisation programme, according to NHS IT director general Richard Granger. [25 May 2006]
NHS awards £41m support deal to Fujitsu
News NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) said the deal will allow the health service to get "professional, scaleable and consistent first-line support" for its applications. NHS organisations will need to fund any services they obtain through the framework... [19 Apr 2006]
NHS IT delays cost Accenture $450m
News The company largely pointed the finger of blame at subcontractor iSoft for failing to deliver the clinical IT software on time - but also cited higher than expected development and integration costs and lower demand for iSoft's GP software after... [31 Mar 2006]
NHS "disappointed" by digital imaging delays
News But in a statement NHS Connecting for Health (CfH), which oversees the NHS technology upgrade programme, said it is disappointed "that its suppliers have not yet been able to deploy functioning Pacs in its North West and West Midlands (NWWM... [13 Mar 2006]
NHS: Don't blame IT for jabs blunder
News The agency in charge of health service IT, NHS Connecting for Health (CfH), said that in the spring of last year the company providing child health monitoring systems to 10 of London's 30 Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) decided to withdraw its ageing... [27 Feb 2006]
Can IT save public sector billions?
News Some £3.2bn of the total saving are meant to come from upgraded or new IT systems such as the NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) project. The NHS CfH project has already seen some problems. The National Audit Office (NAO) has cast doubt on the... [20 Feb 2006]
NHS: IT delays won't slow us down
News NHS Connecting for Health (CfH), which is in charge of the health service's National Programme for IT, insisted the project is "within budget, ahead of schedule in some areas and broadly on track in others". [31 Jan 2006]
NHS targets £75m savings through Novell deal
News The £21.8m enterprise-wide deal, signed by NHS Connecting for Health (CfH), covers security and access control, desktop management and Novell's Linux-based open enterprise server. The NHS is aiming to save £75m over three years as part of a new... [05 Dec 2005]
NHS updates key targets in £6bn IT modernisation
News The integration of the NHS Information Authority (NHSIA) functions into Connecting for Health (CfH) is due to be complete by the end of September 2005 with the loss of 54 posts in NHSIA. Other key deployment targets set out by the CfH business plan... [07 Sep 2005]
