National Programme for IT ends, but not for everyone
The National Programme for IT has finally come to an end, although the bill for the enormously expensive and controversial project will continue to be paid for years to come.
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Wachter ‘purdahed’ but says CCIOs essential
The US ‘Digital Doctor’ brought in to conduct a review of NHS IT says clinical engagement is essential to both successfully deploy new technology and overcome the ‘productivity paradox’ that initially stops it delivering expected savings.
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Southern trusts to get £50m central funds before March 2019
More than £50 million in central government money is yet to be paid to southern NHS trusts to deploy new clinical IT systems before March 2019.
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NPfIT contracts to get further £500m
Hospital IT contracts set up under the National Programme for IT will continue to be funded to the tune of £500 million up to 2020, NHS England has said.
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Colin and Clive’s 12 top tips for a successful EPR project
Colin Sweeney and Clive Stringer worked for 20 and 35 years respectively in IT at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. They share their top tips for implementing electronic patient record systems.
Health CIO
Colin and Clive talk 20 years of EPRs
Colin Sweeney and Clive Stringer have 55 years’ combined experience working in NHS IT. Both recently retired from their full-time jobs at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. They reflect on their time there with news editor Rebecca McBeth.
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‘iSoft7’ hospitals extend EPR contracts
Six of the ‘iSoft7’ NHS trusts that retained their iSoft systems rather than enter the National Programme for IT have extended their contracts with CSC to cover the procurement and implementation of new electronic patient records.
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‘Stars are aligned’ for health IT – Freeman
Health ministers are “completely behind” the digitisation of health and social care because “it is urgent for personal care, it is urgent for safe care, and it is urgent for research”, life sciences minister George Freeman has said.
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Final score: NPfIT in mental health and community services
As the National Programme for IT in the NHS drew to a close in London and the South, Rebecca McBeth assessed its impact on mental health and community trusts.
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FinIT: the end of NPfIT in London and the South
Cerner Millennium trusts had to be out of the BT data centre by the end of last month. With the exit of the final trust just two weeks late, Rebecca McBeth reports on the end of the National Programme for IT in two of its five regions.
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