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RSS nhs it straightHealth trust abandons NHS care record upgrade
News A health trust serving more than 500,000 people said it has pulled out of the national NHS IT electronic care record programme because it has lost confidence in the project following the departure of key supplier Fujitsu. [22 Jul 2008]
NHS data handling: Calls for independent audits
News The potential change was revealed by Marlene Winfield, national patient lead for NHS IT body Connecting for Health. Winfield acknowledged it would take time to encrypt all personal data on NHS computers but said trusts were taking intermediate... [07 Jul 2008]
Gov't slams Fujitsu's "core contract" NHS IT failings
News Fujitsu Service's £896m NHS IT contract was terminated because of its inability to deliver "key milestones", the government has claimed. It recently emerged that Fujitsu has until the end of June to pay back £67m out of the £143m it received from... [26 Jun 2008]
NHS head defends major IT delays
News The head of the NHS has defended delays that have kept a key system from going live in the £12.7bn upgrade of health service IT. Six years into the national NHS IT programme (NPfIT) the Lorenzo care records systems have still not gone live anywhere... [18 Jun 2008]
Fujitsu to pay back NHS £67m
News Fujitsu has until the end of June to pay back the £67m it owes the NHS following the collapse of its £896m contract to help revamp NHS IT. The service provider, which had its contract to deliver part of the £12.7bn National Programme for IT (NPfIT... [17 Jun 2008]
IT swallows a quarter of NHS cash budget
News The cost of upgrading NHS IT systems is now gobbling up a quarter of the health service's budget for major projects. NHS spending on IT has shot up from nine per cent of total annual capital expenditure in 2003/04 to 25 per cent in 2006/07. [09 Jun 2008]
Fujitsu ditches £896m NHS IT contract
News Fujitsu has dumped its £896m contract with the NHS after disagreement over how much it should be paid to revamp the UK's health IT systems. Negotiations between NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) and Fujitsu broke down over how much it would cost to... [29 May 2008]
NHS puts brakes on electronic record system
News The NHS has pledged to halt the further roll out of its electronic patient record system while it takes stock of criticisms in a report. Connecting for Health (CfH), the NHS body responsible for delivering the £12.7bn overhaul of NHS IT including... [14 May 2008]
Top IT job at NHS split into two
News IT at the NHS will now be overseen by two £200,000-per-year executives, as compared to the previous single £280,000 IT director general post - filled by Richard Granger until January this year.silicon.com Public Sector [28 Apr 2008]
Glasgow NHS keeps tabs on equipment with RFID
News NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has implemented a wireless networking project in the Royal Alexandra Hospital (RAH) that involves tracking medical equipment with RFID tags.silicon.com Public Sector Get the latest public sector news straight to your... [28 Apr 2008]
NHS IT savings predicted to hit £1.14bn
News The £12.4bn national NHS IT project will save the health service £1.14bn by 2014, a government report claims. The first annual Benefits Statement published by the government estimates the National Programme for IT in the NHS has already saved £208m... [13 Mar 2008]
GP patient record system hits latest target
News More than a third of doctor's surgeries in England have now adopted an electronic health records system as part of the £12.4bn NHS national IT programme. NHS tech agency Connecting For Health (CfH) said the take-up of the GP2GP system since it was... [27 Feb 2008]
Why outsourcing divorce can end in tears…
Comment The NHS was left, as many estranged spouses have been in the wake of a particularly brutal divorce case, wondering how on earth it was going to pick up the pieces and start all over again. Accenture pulled out of the provision of core services on a... [04 Feb 2008]
Rotherham NHS ups network access security
Case Study Rotherham NHS Primary Care Trust (PCT) has improved network security using integration software to match staff records with systems access.silicon.com Public Sector The NHS is constantly in a state of change as staff move jobs or leave the profession. [25 Jan 2008]
Wireless hospital brings patient data to bedside
News Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust has contracted Alfred McAlpine IT Services to install a wireless LAN (WLAN) at Salisbury District Hospital. According to Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust head of IT Peter Russell, the hospital is one of a few in the... [24 Jan 2008]
