26 May 2006

US conference gets a reality check on NPfIT

Former National Programme for IT industry liaison manager, Phil Sissons, delivered a transatlantic reality check this week, exposing some of
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26 May 2006

Requirement needed for joint planning

Hopes that forthcoming government guidance will require the NHS to plan jointly with local government for care outside hospital have
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25 May 2006

Crossroads for Kodak

Jon Hoeksma talks to Kevin Hobert, senior vice president at Eastman Kodak Company and president of the Health group, about
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25 May 2006

Granger says NHS chief exec fully backs NPfIT

NHS IT director-general Richard Granger claimed this week that the service’s acting chief executive Sir Ian Carruthers is fully behind the programme and the
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25 May 2006

GP lead warns on political perils

Connecting for Health GP clinical lead, Dr Gillian Braunold, has challenged colleagues to keep arguments about the minutiae of IT
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24 May 2006

Birmingham Women’s goes live with iPM

Birmingham Women’s Health Care NHS Trust has gone live with a new NHS Connecting for Health patient administration system provided
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24 May 2006

MPs call for review of NHS IT programme costs

Tim Farron, Liberal Democrat MP for Westmoreland & Lonsdale, has stepped up his campaign for an independent review of the
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23 May 2006

GP leads reject consent plan for care records

The national representative body of GPs has decided to reject Connecting for Health’s (CfH) modified plan for the summary care record
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23 May 2006

Avon unconvinced on Choose and Book

A local medical committee representing GPs with one of the lowest take-up rates for Choose and Book in England says
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23 May 2006

Two trusts to use new Eclipse maternity system

Bradford Teaching Hospitals and Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trusts are poised to start implementing a new maternity information system which brings
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