MPs told Wales, Scotland and NI passed on NPfIT
The NHS in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales were each approached and subsequently turned down the opportunity to participate in the £6billion National Programme for IT (NPfIT), a Commons select committee has been told. As a result, hospitals in England treating patients from Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland face the prospect of having to maintain […]
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Data spine key to Patient’s Passport, say Tories
Under a Conservative government the NHS Care Record Service would become the key tool enabling the introduction of the proposed Patient’s Passport initiative under which patients could choose between a range of health service providers taking their funding with them. In an interview with E-Health Insider shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley, said that a future […]
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Granger terminates EDS’s NHSmail contract
The National Programme for IT has terminated the £90 million NHSmail contract with Electronic Data Systems to provide email and directory services to one million NHS staff. Richard Granger, director-general of NHS IT, last week pulled the plug on the 10-year EDS contract for the NHSmail web-based email service. A national programme spokesperson confirmed to […]
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NHS Confed survey says planning for NPfIT underway
A new survey by health service management body, the NHS Confederation, has indicated that NHS managers are starting to plan effectively for the implementation of the National Programme for IT (NPfIT). The survey of NHS hospital trusts and primary care trusts (PCTs) in the England found that three-quarters of NHS organisations have conducted or have plans to […]
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Electronic Booking Shifts Up a Gear
A further 45 electronic booking programmes are to start as the NHS gears up to meet its target of making all hospital appointment booking electronic by March 2005, health minister John Hutton announced today. Speaking at a conference held to celebrate the achievements of the five ‘Enterprise Communities’ already experimenting with electronic booking, Mr Hutton […]
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