EHI’s top stories: 2009
Nobody will ever be able to say that the NHS went un-warned about the tough financial times ahead. One of the big themes of 2009 was the likely impact of the credit crunch on the public finances and what that might mean for health service spending after 2011. As 2009 went on, the warnings about […]
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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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DH shifts IT from ‘replace’ to ‘connect’
NHS informatics in England will move from a “replace all” to “connect all” philosophy, the Department of Health has announced. Informatics planning guidance for 2010-11 says an updated strategic direction for informatics will be developed over the coming months to reflect the change in emphasis. The guidance says a new direction has also been agreed for […]
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NHS ‘faces pivotal year’ – Nicholson
NHS chief executive David Nicholson has said that the coming year will be pivotal for the NHS as it faces its last year of significant growth. The Operating Framework for the NHS in England 2010-11, launched by the Department of Health yesterday, said that after a decade of investment the NHS is about to face […]
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Call made for push on telehealth
NHS Connecting for Health’s assistive technologies programme manager has called for all healthcare organisations to provide their patients with access to assistive living technologies, or to be forced to do so. George MacGinnis made the plea as he addressed an audience at a Mobile Healthcare Industry Summit in London. MacGinnins later told E-Health Insider that he […]
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NPfIT GP systems ‘target for cuts’
The development of new GP systems by local service providers is likely to be a target of cuts to the National Programme for IT in the NHS, health secretary Andy Burnham has indicated.
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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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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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IT spend under pressure, survey confirms
Local and central IM&T spend as a percentage of NHS revenue will decrease next year for the first time in seven years, according to the NHS IM&T Investment Survey. The survey, published by NHS Connecting for Health, shows planned local spend in 2009-10 will decrease by 0.09% as a percentage of NHS revenue in comparison with actual […]
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