Safety technology needed to protect nurses, says RCN
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is calling for the NHS to fund mobile devices to enable community nurses working alone to summon help after it found more than one in three have been assaulted or harassed in the last two years. The RCN this week launched a campaign, You’re Not Alone, to press the government to […]
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Community staff in Nottingham trial wireless record access
Community-based health professionals in Nottingham have taken part in a successful three month mobile technology trial, using wireless broadband-enabled laptops from Dell to access and update patient records on the move. The trial enabled staff to remotely access and update electronic patient records from the SystmOne primary and community care system supplied by TPP. The […]
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Granger says he is ‘ashamed’ of some systems provided
The departing head of the NHS IT programme Richard Granger has said he is ashamed of the quality of some of the systems put into the NHS by Connecting for Health suppliers, singling Cerner out for criticism. Going further than he before in acknowledging the extent of failings of systems provided to some parts of […]
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BT encourages trusts to use its conferencing service
Working across the UK health sector BT is helping to save millions of pounds each year as more and more trust sign up to conferencing solutions, which will further be enhanced by Video Conferencing soon to be available over the Health Service network. BT Conferencing is BT’s specialist service for the delivery of robust, reliable […]
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Liquidlogic launch integrated adults system
Collaborative software provider Liquidlogic has launched a new web-based integrated adults system (IAS) which will allow local authorities and NHS trusts to keep one detailed record of a patient’s social care needs from the care planning process, to referral history and financial management. The web-based system is based on Liquidlogic’s Integrated Children’s Solution, used widely by […]
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DH denies report that NPfIT is to be shelved
Suggestions in a weekend newspaper that the NHS is to shelve the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) have been strongly denied by the Department of Health (DH) today. According to the News of the World, NHS chiefs have agreed to shelve the programme after admitting it was an expensive failure. The report claims: “Hospitals have […]
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DH details 100 assistive technology projects it has funded
Nearly 100 research projects on assistive technology including telecare and telehealth schemes were funded by the government or the European Union in 2006/7, according to a report from the Department of Health (DH). The DH annual report on research and development in assistive technology notes an increase in the importance attached to telecare to support […]
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iSoft shareholders approve IBA takeover
iSoft shareholders have voted to approve the £142m takeover offer from Australia’s IBA Health for the British software company at the centre of the NHS IT upgrade programme. Shareholders overwhelmingly approved the resolution to approve the recommended offer for iSoft, the wholly-owned subsidiary of IBA, IBA UK, at an Extraordinary General Meeting on Friday, 6 […]
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Scottish hospital to use robots to move goods
Robots transporting hospital goods and equipment will be used for the first time in a new hospital being built at Larbert in Stirlingshire, under a £300m private finance initiative. The robots are being developed by a consortium involved in the new build and will run along separate corridors and use magnetic strips or infra red […]
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Affiniti wins £67.6m ICT services PFI deal for North Staffs
Communications integrator Affiniti has been awarded a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contract worth £67.6m over 37 years to manage, design and implement all current and future ICT services for two new hospitals in North Staffordshire The company will take over responsibility for managing voice and data systems for the University Hospital of North Staffordshire and […]
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