South awarded to Fujitsu
The Fujitsu Alliance has been awarded the final Local Service Provider (LSP) contract for the South of England to deliver the NHS Care Records Service (NHS CRS) under the National Programme for IT (NPfIT)in England. The contract for £896 million, due to run until 2013, was announced today by health secretary, John Reid. The Fujitsu Alliance, offering IDX as its […]
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Will the national programme pay for contestability?
Perhaps the most intriguing speculation to have emerged in recent weeks is the suggestion that iSOFT, triumphant in three of the four clusters contracts so far announced – the North East, North West and Eastern – is leveraging the economies of scale made possible by initial wins to offer a very low price for the whole of […]
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NHSmail, a doctor’s tale
Hospital doctor, Andrew Harrison, who was a computer programmer before switching to medicine, signed-up with NHSmail recently. Here’s his description of the “not entirely positive” experience. My existing email service is about to be discontinued, so it is fortuitous that the first application delivered by the National Programme is an "email address for life" for […]
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Granger secures commitment to fund NPfIT
Comment: Jon Hoeksma, E-Health Insider For Richard Granger, NHS IT Director-General, the announcement of the award of three key contracts to deliver the National Programme for IT (NPfIT), provides a vindication of his management of the procurement phase of the programme and hardball negotiation tactics with suppliers on pricing. Although the extra £2.3 billion pledged […]
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E-Health Insider – the first 100 issues
As the E-Health Insider newsletter celebrates the 100th edition, we take the opportunity to look back over highlights of two years coverage of e-health. December 2001 – Tablets within two years In EHI No 1 we reported on a Microsoft-Department of Health conference at which Bill Gates and Alan Milburn set out the vital role of […]
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NHSmail take-up minimal so far
One year on from award of a £90m contract with Electronic Data Systems (EDS), and six months after its launch just 2.3% of NHS staff have signed up to use NHSmail, the new web-based email system for the NHS. According to an internal NHSIA report seen by E-Health Insider 25,074 NHS staff had activated a […]
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Schlumberger-Sema Looks Set to Win E-Booking Contract
Schlumberger-Sema and its partner Cerner look set to emerge as the winner of the prestigious contract for a national electronic appointment booking system. The contract will be the first major systems procurement contract to be awarded by the National programme for IT in the NHS. Following the ‘de-selection’ last week of EDS from the e-booking […]
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EDS ‘De-selected’ from E-Booking Contract
The National Programme for IT (NPfIT) has confirmed that EDS has been deselected from procurement competition for a national electronic appointment booking service. Last Friday E-Health Insider exclusively revealed that EDS was no longer in the bidding for the prestigious e-booking contract, which will be one of the most high-profile elements of the NPfIT and […]
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Reader Comments: Consultants Bite Back
Last week we published comments from NHS IT managers giving their perspective on the National Programme for IT in the NHS (NPfIT) and its effect at local level. This week, management consultants have their say. A reader writes… Dear E-Health Insider, I am an independent management consultant who has been involved in a number of […]
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LSP Clusters Shortlist Announced
The National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in the NHS has announced its shortlist of Local Service Providers (LSPs) selected to compete for five contracts to carry out the government’s £2.3 billion transformation of health service IT in England. The same announcement also officially confirmed the three shortlisted bidders for the contract to be the National […]
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