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Hunt announces £4.2 billion for NHS IT

7 February 2016

The government will spend £4.2 billion on NHS technology over the next five years, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.

Kingsley Manning resigns as HSCIC chair

5 February 2016

Kingsley Manning has resigned as chair of the Health and Social Care Information Centre after three years in the role.

Healthcare IT appointments in brief

5 February 2016

This month’s round up includes changes at King’s and Birmigham, a promotion at the HSCIC, and a new vice-president for Orion Health.

NHS 24 admits IT “systemic failure”

4 February 2016

A frank report to the Scottish Government’s Public Accounts Committee has admitted that “systemic failure” is responsible for the ongoing failure to introduce new IT to the NHS 24 service.

Emis Health opens Web to third parties

4 February 2016

Emis Health has announced an update to its Emis Web clinical system that will allow it to interoperate with any third party supplier conforming to a published set of open application interfaces.

Ireland consults public on identifier

3 February 2016

Ireland’s Health Service Executive has launched a public consultation on the privacy implications of creating a unique health identifier, similar to the NHS Number.