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RSS nhs it ministerFujitsu could face £500m bill over NHS deal
News Now health minister Ben Bradshaw has told parliament the company is liable to pay up to £100m per contract year, capped at a maximum of £500m, to the Department of Health because its contract finished early. [10 Sep 2008]
MP risks arrest for Segway use
News Opik pledged to raise the issue with transport minister Jim Fitzpatrick and to put forward a parliamentary question asking for them to be given the same classification as a bicycle on the road. Photos: 60 years of... [09 Sep 2008]
Welsh Assembly signs e-procurement contract
News In a statement, Welsh Assembly minister for finance and public service delivery Andrew Davies said: "Each year, public sector bodies in Wales spend more than £4.5bn on the procurement of goods, services and capital... [06 Aug 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... [26 Jun 2008]
'Connected' UK vulnerable in face of cyber attack
News Security minister Lord West told the House of Lords that the UK continues to be targeted by a "large number of attacks" and that the government is "taking action" to deal with those backed by hostile regimes. [16 Jun 2008]
IT swallows a quarter of NHS cash budget
News But government health minister Ben Bradshaw told Parliament in a written answer that upgrading the national IT infrastructure was the most cost effective option. The cost of upgrading... [09 Jun 2008]
PM to pump cash into security and espionage tech
News More government funding will be pumped into security technologies, the prime minister has announced. In his speech, the prime minister also said CPNI will begin to provide a higher level of protection to... [20 Mar 2008]
NHS IT savings predicted to hit £1.14bn
News In a statement, health minister Ben Bradshaw said: "Our use of computer technology in the NHS is becoming the envy of the world. The £12.4bn national NHS IT project will... [13 Mar 2008]
MoD admits to losing 11,000 ID cards
News Defence minister Bob Ainsworth admitted that 4,433 ID cards disappeared in 2006 and a further 6,812 went missing from July 2006 to December 2007. The government has suffered many data security breaches over the past five... [13 Mar 2008]
Defra IT - blowing budgets and showing up late
News Defra minister Jonathan Shaw revealed the setbacks in a written Parliamentary answer to Vince Cable, deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats. Chief secretary to the Treasury, Yvette Cooper, will scrutinise how the state... [07 Feb 2008]
Stolen MoD laptop contains 600,000 records
News Defence minister Des Browne will make a statement today about the latest incident in a catalogue of embarrassing security breaches by the UK government, which includes the NHS losing hundreds of... [21 Jan 2008]
Leader: It's time for a data breach disclosure law
Leader The Prime Minister's decision to allow the Information Commissioner to make spot checks on data storage and security at government departments is welcome but it's too little too late. The national... [22 Nov 2007]
Department of Health ends diagnostics deals
News Health minister Ben Bradshaw said the NHS is committed to working with the independent sector where it can help increase capacity, address the needs of patients and provide value for... [26 Jul 2007]
How will IT fare under Gordon Brown?
News How will public sector IT fare under the UK's new Prime Minister? Woods added the only possible exception is the ID cards scheme where the imminent rollout offers a political and electoral risk which the... [28 Jun 2007]
In brief: NHS IT chief to leave, Facebook "fogies", Vodafone wireless price cuts
News Network security is a major growth area where the UK has a good opportunity to become a global leader if it develops new technology, said minister for science and innovation Malcolm Wicks. The head of... [18 Jun 2007]
