Clinical audit data to be published
A strategy for the publication of national clinical audit data has been released today as part of the government’s transparency drive.
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CSC set to write-off £1bn spent on NPfIT
Computer Sciences Corporation has notified investors that it has been told it will not get a long-anticipated revised NHS IT deal from the UK government worth £2 billion.
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Bacon writes to Cameron on CSC talks
MP Richard Bacon has written to Prime Minister David Cameron, urging him to bring the Cabinet Office into negotiations over the future of CSC’s deal for the North, Midlands and East of England.
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NHS to be switched over to open source
In a stunning U-turn the government has today announced that the NHS will be switched en masse to open source clinical system in just 12-months time.
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ICT strategy promises to save millions
A new ICT strategy which the government says will save millions currently wasted on public sector ICT was published by the Cabinet Office today.
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Cloudy outlook on government ICT
The Cabinet Office has published a ten year strategy for government ICT that emphasises the use of cloud computing and greater standardisation across the public sector.
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Brown promises to unlock NHS data
Gordon Brown has promised to “radically open up data and public information.” Launching the ‘Putting the frontline first: smarter government’ report, Brown said “great detail” about how hospitals perform would be put online during 2010. He said the information would “encourage feedback and dialogue between professional and citizen” and help “to benchmark the best and […]
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Brown streamlines government with IT
Gordon Brown has outlined plans to encourage much greater use of information, online services and text messaging in the NHS as part of a public sector information revolution that he claims will save £3 billion a year. The Prime Minister told the Smarter Government conference today that the UK was entering the “third generation of […]
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NHS CfH boss Bellamy to depart
Martin Bellamy, the head of NHS Connecting for Health, is to leave his position as director of programme and systems delivery for a new position at the Cabinet Office.
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Berners-Lee to advise on public data use
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the man widely credited with inventing the world wide web, is to advise the UK government on public information delivery. Sir Tim will head a panel of experts who will advise the Minister of the Cabinet Office on how the government can best use the internet to make non-personal public data as […]
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