End of NPfIT to be announced today
The National Programme for IT in the NHS is set to end in its current form, a ministerial statement will announce this morning.
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DH reviews Dr Foster Intelligence
The future of Dr Foster Intelligence, the UK’s best known provider of hospital performance information and analysis, is under review by KPMG on behalf of the Department of Health and Dr Foster Holdings LLP.
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BMA calls for halt to SCR uploads
BMA GP representatives are calling on the government to halt the uploading of any more Summary Care Records while a review of the programme takes place.
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Almost £100m spent on fast-growing SCR
Almost £100m has been spent on the Summary Care Record programme to date, and new figures have shown that 200,000 SCRs were created in just seven days in June, when it was supposedly under review.
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DH looks to IT suppliers for savings
Health minister Simon Burns has said that the Department of Health is targeting ICT products and services worth £6m in order to make reductions in public expenditure.
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SCR uploads to continue during review
Summary Care Records will continue to be created and uploaded to the Spine while the programme is under review but no new patient information campaigns will be launched, EHI Primary Care can reveal.
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SCR evaluation finds few benefits
The final report of a three year evaluation of the Summary Care Record has found that it has yet to deliver significant benefits, despite “high cost and enormous effort.”
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Greenhalgh slams Burns SCR review
The leader of the independent Summary Care Record review has described the government’s promise to doctors to conduct another review as an “absolute disgrace.”
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Burns says NHS tech will be reviewed
Health minister Simon Burns has said that a review of the current processes around the summary care record will be carried out as part of a wider review on how information and technology can best be used within the NHS.
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NHS IT minister says SCR ‘will continue’
The government has said that uploading of Summary Care Records will continue to take place, in its first public statement on the future of the SCR since gaining office.
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