Granger Tells NHS Boards to Take on IT
A sign of the times was provided last week when it was standing room only at the NHS Confederation’s annual conference in Glasgow to hear NHS IT Director Richard Granger give details of the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in the NHS. Speaking at his third major conference in as many weeks Mr Granger said […]
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ETP Pilots Ended for 5,000 Patients
The two remaining operational pilots for electronic transfer of prescriptions ETP are to be ended by the Department of Health (DoH), without a clear plan of how ETP will be taken forward. More than 5,000 patients who had been benefiting from the service will now have to switch back to physically collecting their prescriptions. ETP […]
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NHS IT Programme Enters ‘Heartlands’
The National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in the NHS has published a brief progress update, stating that ‘the heartlands of the Programme’ have now been entered, and reaffirming that key contract awards will occur this year followed by implementation. The three-page document reiterates the main features of the National Programme, outlines progress on the current […]
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Final Long-List for National Programme Reached
The National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in the NHS has reached the latest milestone in the procurement process for Local Service Providers (LSPs) and National Application Service Providers (NASPs) to deliver 21st Cenury IT to the NHS with selection of a slightly shorter long-list of candidates. The new list of firms, 22 prospective LSPs and […]
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South West Collaborative EPR Procurements Ended
A series of collaborative NHS IT procurement projects for electronic patient record (EPR) systems in the South West had the plug pulled last week by local management after they failed to secure national funding from the National Programme for IT in the NHS (NPfIT). The Shires and Pan-Bristol procurements predated the National Programme and had […]
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