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NHS brushes up on Itil
Case Study NHS IT delivery organisation Sussex Health Informatics Services (HIS) has implemented an extensive Itil (IT infrastructure library) training programme for staff and kept costs down by partnering with the training company... [11 Jun 2008]
NHS re-tenders terminated £90m EDS deal
News The NHS is looking to slash the cost of its central secure email and directory service (EMDS) after controversially ditching EDS from the £90m contract last month. The NHS has gone to mediation in its... [06 Apr 2004]
NHS staff e-learn Microsoft software
News The NHS has launched a new e-learning programme to help staff become more confident with software they use day-to-day. The training programme, developed with Microsoft, teaches NHS staff how to get to... [20 Dec 2006]
NHS begins roll-out of mammoth email system
News From today staff in 10 NHS trusts will have access to NHSmail, a new email and directory service being rolled out across the entire organisation to replace the 7,000 different systems currently in use. [10 Dec 2002]
NHS trusts to save £5.5m from outsourcing contract
Case Study NHS trusts in the North West of England have streamlined their document and print management services. As part of the contract, Xerox is providing core office functions to eight NHS trusts, such as... [14 Sep 2007]
NHS Direct puts health advice online
News UK Health Secretary Alan Milburn today took the government's NHS Direct programme online, allowing people to access NHS Services on the Internet for the first time. The government intends to invest a... [07 Dec 1999]
NHS to begin Sun desktop Linux trials
News The NHS is to begin trials of a desktop Linux software suite in a move it says could free up money for the frontline health service and save taxpayer millions of pounds. NHS director general of IT... [05 Dec 2003]
NHS bans World Cup video streams
News The NHS is giving football-loving doctors the red card, barring World Cup video and audio streams from its network to make sure they don't clog up its bandwidth and delay the delivery of vital health data. [19 Jun 2006]
NHS IT under 24-hour surveillance
Case Study The University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust has started monitoring its software systems to predict problems and avoid outages. The NHS Foundation Trust runs two hospitals in the Birmingham... [20 Mar 2007]
NHS on target in Y2K check-up
News The NHS is on target with its millennium preparations, according to its latest monitoring report. The report - published every two months - reflects the state of IT in the NHS as at the end of July this... [14 Sep 1999]
NHS stalling puts Microsoft licence savings under threat
News A government deal with Microsoft to save taxpayers £100m on software licences could miss its target because major departments such as the NHS and Inland Revenue are delaying signing up to the new terms. [05 Nov 2003]
NHS IT spend to double - but where will the money go?
News Government plans to use new technology to drive improvements in the NHS have come under fire from doctors' representatives. Grant Kelly, chairman of the British Medical Association's IT committee, said Derek Wanless's... [22 Apr 2002]
5 years ago... NHS appoints IT supremo
News 24.03.99: The UK health service has found a leader for its recently formed national IT division - the NHS Information Authority - which will spearhead its electronic patient records scheme. Chief executive of the... [24 Mar 2004]
NHS IT risks failure, warn angry angels
News The £12.4bn NHS IT upgrade could end in failure if nurses are not better informed and consulted about the giant project. A quarter (26 per cent) said they had received no information about NHS IT... [24 Aug 2006]
NHS names top tech tag team
News The Department of Health has named the new leadership team that will direct the future of the NHS National Programme for IT. The NHS announced in April that it would split the old NHS IT... [07 Aug 2008]
