NHS London reconfiguration to be axed
The government is set to scrap a far-reaching reconfiguration of health services in London, including hospital mergers and closure of A&E units. The plans, which centred on the creation of ‘polysystems’ and involved hospital mergers and new polyclinics, took some three years to compile and were projected to save £5 billion a year by 2016. They […]
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Burns and Burstow join health team
Two health ministers have been appointed to join health secretary Andrew Lansley at the Department of Health. The appointment of Conservative Simon Burns and Liberal Democrat Paul Burstow suggests there may not be a ministerial place for Conservative Stephen O’Brien or Lib Dem Norman Lamb, who both shadowed health in opposition. However, the junior ministerial […]
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Lansley gets health job in tough times
The new health secretary has confirmed that the NHS will receive ‘real terms’ increases in funding, but this will not make it immune from the need to find ‘efficiency savings’.
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Cameron: Don’t believe Google scare
David Cameron has said people should not believe “scare stories” about patients’ medical records being handed over to companies such as Google and Microsoft, if the Conservatives are elected.
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That was the year that was: 2009
Lansley: LSP contracts may be abandoned
Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley has said he believes it will be possible to abandon the existing local service provider contracts that are part of The National Programme for IT in the NHS.
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Lansley may abandon LSP contracts
Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley has said he believes it will be possible to abandon the existing local service provider contracts that are part of The National Programme for IT in the NHS.
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Burnham defends NPfIT but cuts £600m
Health secretary Andy Burnham has launched a spirited defence of the National Programme for IT in the NHS, but £600m will be trimmed from the way it is run and the scope of some systems.
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Mind the gap
Brian Derry from the NHS Information Centre reflects on the coming financial crunch and how informatics can help the NHS through it.
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