Hutton resigns as chair of clinical advisory board
Professor Peter Hutton has resigned his position as chair of the National Clinical Advisory Board of the National Programme for IT (NCAB), the key body for ensuring clinician involvement in the development of the NHS IT modernisation project. In a 21 April email to members of NCAB Professor Hutton said: “…I have offered my resignation […]
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NPfIT re-tenders for NHSmail contract
The National Programme for IT has placed an advert in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) seeking a service provider for an email and directory service for the NHS. The advert makes clear that the existing NHSmail service is to be withdrawn. The issuing of the advert follows the decision by NPfIT last […]
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National programme says NHSmail was ‘unacceptable’
The National Programme for IT has said that the decision to terminate the £90 million contract with EDS for a national NHS email and directory service, just 18 months after it was signed, was taken because EDS was failing to deliver and take-up of the service too low. With the future of the NHSmail service […]
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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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Microsoft denies ‘tailored software’ offer for NHS
Microsoft have denied weekend reports that they are to rewrite their core products on behalf of the NHS, but confirmed that they are in discussions with the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) on how the firm’s software can be best configured to support delivery of the national programme. Neil Jordan, head of healthcare for Microsoft UK denied a report […]
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NHS Web-based Email Due for Summer Launch
A national email service designed to meet the needs of the NHS is now due to be launched this summer, the NHS Information Authority (NHSIA) announced at HC2002. Development of a national email system for the NHS is linked to the NHSIA’s work to provide a national directory service, holding contact details for one million […]
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