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Ministry of Justice loses 45,000 records
News This year the ministry is planning to implement a dedicated information assurance programme to oversee and ensure that electronic information and documents are "managed, stored and disposed of in a manner that inspires high levels of parliamentary... [25 Jul 2008]
Health 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]
Gov't slams Fujitsu's "core contract" NHS IT failings
News Fujitsu has previously said the sticking point in these negotiations for a contract reset were disagreements over attempts to tailor the one-size-fits-all system to local health trust needs but Bradshaw said there were wider problems. [26 Jun 2008]
NHS broadband network speeds patient diagnosis
News Moving images of patients' hearts can now be sent electronically via Coin to London's Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Trust and King's College NHS Trust from 162 medical centres across Kent and Medway. The Kent and Medway Community of Interest Network (Coin... [18 Jun 2008]
IT swallows a quarter of NHS cash budget
News He said in a statement: "The department has not made an estimate of expenditure on NHS IT in the absence of a national programme but an independent review confirmed that the likely costs of each NHS trust undertaking procurements for IT solutions... [09 Jun 2008]
Fujitsu ditches £896m NHS IT contract
News Concerns about the effectiveness of the Cerner software expressed by clinicians at Worthing and Southlands NHS Trust were also recently raised in Parliament. BT or CSC is thought to be favourite to take over responsibility for the National... [29 May 2008]
ID cards? One in four says no!
News Opponents of the ID card scheme said the survey of just over 1,000 people, commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust, showed the government would be "unable to impose" the cards on the population. [06 Feb 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. The WLAN, which will cost the trust at least £170,000, will be used by medical staff to access information... [24 Jan 2008]
London Healthcare Trust Gives GPs Secure Remote Access to Patient Data
White Paper Kensington and Chelsea Primary Care Trust (PCT) is the NHS body responsible for General Practitioner (GP) services for 190,000 people in central London. GP systems now have to meet stringent standards to ensure that they will integrate with those... [18 Dec 2007]
Top 10 Richard Granger quotes
News Was the alternative to send the money out on a trust by trust basis? NHS IT director general Richard Granger announced he is to quit the post later this year after five years in charge of the world's biggest civilian IT project - the £12.4bn... [18 Jun 2007]
CIO Essentials: Data breaches, NHS and network abuse
News Being director of IM&T in the NHS I read all articles on NHS IT with a mixture of interest and apprehension - is this going to be a 'programme hits problems' article or an 'NHS Trust reaps benefits' article. [24 Apr 2007]
NHS hits 18,000 broadband connections target
News In addition, BT has also won new contracts worth a total of £36m to provide voice and data services to five NHS organisations - the Kent and Medway Health Informatics Service, North Merseyside Health Informatics Service, Peterborough and Stamford... [08 Feb 2007]
NHS: 'No risk over smartcard sharing'
News Late last week, CfH - the NHS department administering the IT overhaul (the National Programme for IT, or NPfIT) - issued a statement claiming there was "no question of the confidentiality of patient data having been compromised" at the Trust, as... [05 Feb 2007]
Handsfree communicators speed up hospital work
News Star Trek-style communicators are being used to help hospital staff work smarter at an NHS trust in Cornwall. The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust in Truro is using handsfree BT Managed Vocera VoIP communicators (see below for a photo of the... [16 Nov 2006]
AIDs fight in Africa gets PC boost
News Computer Aid is working with the Berkshire-based CfBT Education trust, to donate 141 PCs, 32 laptops and 43 severs to schools and community organisations in the developing world. One of the group’s key projects is the Primary School Action for... [31 Oct 2006]
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