Government axes £15m for children’s IT
The government has axed £15m of funding promised by the previous Labour government to help local authorities implement integrated children’s systems.
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DH axes £500m Microsoft licensing deal
The Department of Health will not renew a half billion pound software licensing deal with Microsoft, which has run for 12 years.
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PCTs to go in massive NHS reorganisation
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has announced that primary care trusts are to be abolished as part of a massive reorganisation of the NHS.
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Public spending hit in grim Budget
Chancellor George Osborne has confirmed that lower public spending will form the bulk of the government’s action to reduce Britain’s budget deficit.
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NHS ordered to halve management costs
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has scrapped some key NHS performance targets and told the health service it must save at least £222m in management costs this year.
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GP leader names his NHS savings
Parts of NHS Direct, the Choose and Book service and the current ‘consent to view’ model of the Summary Care Record should all be reviewed to save money in the financial crisis, the BMA’s GP leader, Dr Laurence Buckman, said today. With NHS trusts under pressure to achieve efficiency savings of up to £20 billion […]
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Data published as Whitehall is reviewed
The Department of Health has confirmed that BT’s new local service provider deal for London is one of the contracts that will be reviewed by the new government to ensure value for money. A joint Treasury and Cabinet Office Efficiency and Reform Group, led by Paymaster General Francis Maude, is examining all new contracts worth […]
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GPES caught up in Whitehall review
The proposed GP data extraction service is awaiting a decision on its future funding as the coalition government carries out a review of arms length bodies. The Conservative-Liberal Democrat government has set up an Efficiency and Reform Group to make sure savings across Whitehall and arms length bodies happen quickly. Other bodies subject to review include […]
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Osborne orders review of govt spending
The new Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, has announced a review of all government spending commitments since New Year’s Day. Announcing a package of measures to “enhance fiscal credibility”, Osborne said that the Treasury had written to every secretary of state in Whitehall ordering them to “re-examine all spending approvals since 1 January this […]
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Experts fear Punch and Judy election
The general election Policy and healthcare IT experts have urged an incoming government to resist the temptation to shake up the NHS and radically reorganise its IT. Asked to put forward manifesto ideas for the general election that is likely to be called after the Easter break, commentators from think tanks, analysts and the health […]
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