Connelly sets benchmark for November
The Department of Health’s chief information officer, Christine Connelly, has spelled out the criteria against which progress on the delivery of the Lorenzo and Millennium care records systems will be judged.
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New ASCC procurements promised for South
Christine Connelly says the NHS will run “a series of procurements utilising the ASCC framework in January 2010” to provide systems for trusts in the South of England.
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Herefordshire joins NHS and council IT
Herefordshire has become the first county in the UK to integrate its council and NHS IT services. Zack Pandor, joint director of ICT for Herefordshire Council and NHS Herefordshire, said public services in the county have had a long history of shared working. In December 2007, Chris Bull became the chief executive of both the […]
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Unite calls for better IT training
Health visitors believe they are not getting enough IT training on their local electronic patient record systems, according to a union survey. A poll of 530 health visitors and school nurses conducted by Unite/Community Practitioners and Health Visitors Association found that 310 had access to local electronic patient record and 92% of those had received […]
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Better reporting drives incident numbers
More than 5,700 patients have died or suffered serious harm as a result of NHS errors over the past six months, analysis by the National Patient Safety Agency has shown. The figures represent a 12% increase on the previous six months, but the agency said that better reporting lies behind the sharp rise. The Organisational […]
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iSoft to go direct to South with Lorenzo
ISoft has confirmed that it will start selling Lorenzo directly to NHS trusts in the South of England, in a move that appears to put it at odds with its biggest customer, CSC.
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Readers back reformed NPfIT
The National Programme should not be scrapped although it should be reformed, a major survey by E-Health Insider and Doctors.net.uk has concluded.
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Best practice showcase announced
Trusts and primary care trusts from across England will be presenting at the best practice showcase at E-Health Insider Live ’09. NHS South Central will lead off by talking about the work it has been doing with Tribal to develop an information network to support pathway-based commissioning. Other participants in showcase, which is free for […]
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South liable for greenfield penalties
The NHS will be liable to pay £44m to BT if it fails to deliver four ‘greenfield’ sites in the South of England ready and willing to take Cerner Millennium.
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