System C goes for market listing
IT implementation solutions specialist, System C, which has been heavily involved in the National Programme for IT (NPfIT), plans to float on the Alternative Investments Market (AIM) on 28 June. The company has seen a steep rise in turnover from £5.6m in 2003-4 to an estimated £18m in 2004-5 as its staff have worked to kit out […]
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Reboot for South
E-Health Insider Editor Jon Hoeksma examines the significance of the decision to replace IDX as the clinical systems provider for the NHS in the South of England.
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Cerner in line for south contract
In the south of England plans have been drawn up since at least March on the basis that there would be a major change occurring in the supplier line-up for NHS National Programme for IT. These rumours were confirmed today when IDX issued a release to the US market announcing that it had reached an […]
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NWWM faces £75m potential liabilities on SAS scheme
The NHS faces total potential liabilities of up to £75m in the North West and West Midlands (NWWM) cluster of the NHS if it fails to second key IT staff to the prime IT contractor for the region, CSC Alliance. Evidence suggests that some trusts are struggling to find secondees and may have to consider […]
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Delivery delays mount across the national programme
NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) has confirmed that there are delays in implementing the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in four of the five regions in England, with the biggest slippages occurring in delivering new integrated clinical systems to acute hospitals. As previously reported the delivery of new hospital systems in London and the South […]
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Practices to get choice of any LSP primary care system
In a major change of direction all GP practices in England are to get a choice between all the accredited practice systems offered by any of the four local service providers within the NHS National Programme for IT. In a double announcement the Department of Health will today confirm – as first reported by EHI […]
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NPfIT to jettison its name…and some suppliers
The National Programme for IT is to change its name to Connecting for Health, NHS IT director-general Richard Granger announced today. Speaking at Healthcare Computing 2005 in Harrogate, Granger explained that Connecting for Health was "what we are about". But the re-branding will not disguise some harsh realities for suppliers to the programme some of […]
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PACS judicial review refused
A legal challenge that had the potential to further delay the signing of PACS contracts in the North East and Eastern clusters has been turned down by the High Court. Fuji Photo Film (UK) Limited had applied for a judicial review of the procurement of PACS systems under the National Programme for IT. An NPfIT […]
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EMIS looks set to sign for North West
E-Health Insider has learned that EMIS appears set to sign an agreement to become the alternative GP systems provider for the North West and West Midlands cluster of the National Programme for IT (NPfIT). The deal between EMIS with the local service provider (LSP) CSC Alliance (CSCA) is understood to be on the point of […]
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ComMedica finalises £33m PACS deal with CSC
ComMedica, the healthcare IT specialist originally spun out from Imperial College, London, has signed a £33m contract with CSC to supply its Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) imaging software to NHS trusts in England’s North-west and West Midlands. The eight and a half year contract will involve ComMedica providing PACS to the CSC Alliance […]
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