South Ambulance awaiting approval
The business case for four southern ambulance trusts to get new IT systems is awaiting approval from the Department of Health and the Cabinet Office.
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Defibrillator finder site launched
West Midlands Ambulance Service has launched a website that it hopes will reduce the number of lives lost because of cardiac arrests.
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LAS plans for IT go-live and failure
London Ambulance Service NHS Trust may terminate its contract with American supplier Northrop Grumman if a second attempt to go-live with a new dispatch system fails.
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111 becomes number for NHS services
UK Telecoms watchdog OFCOM has given the go-ahead for 111 to become the new three digit number for accessing non-emergency healthcare 24-hours a day.
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Ballmer bullish about Windows 7
Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer says the firm’s new operating system will provide companies and public sector bodies with a more resilient, secure and cost effective IT infrastructure. Speaking at the UK press launch of Windows 7 yesterday, Ballmer said the recession and its aftermath will mean that IT professionals will need to deliver more […]
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Scotland plans palliative care summary
NHS National Services Scotland’s Annual Review has outlined plans to roll-out a national Palliative Care Summary (ePCS) during 2010. The move is part of the Living and Dying Well Palliative Care Strategy and will be based on the Gold Standards Framework Scotland and the Emergency Care Summary (ECS), which has already been rolled-out across the […]
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Emergency text system launched
A trial service that allows people to contact the emergency services by text message has been launched in the UK. The trial system allows users to send a text message to 999 when faced with an emergency. It is hoped that several thousand people will sign up to the trial service. If successful, the trial […]
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Seven win £20m digital dictation deals
Seven suppliers of digital dictation, voice recognition and outsource transcription software have been awarded a framework contract covering the supply and deliver of systems to more than 200 NHS trusts across the country
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NW Ambulance Service COIN
North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust has created a community of interest network to link its headquarters and ambulance stations. The new infrastructure runs across the NHS’ broadband network, N3, and links 141 trust sites in Greater Manchester, Cumbria and Lancashire, and Cheshire and Merseyside. The trust estimates the COIN will save it around £60,000 […]
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BT’s Southern LSP deal cost £546m
BT is to be paid an additional £546m for work at a limited number of NHS trusts in the South of England.
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