More cash for the national programme?
A further £2 billion is being sought to fund the NHS National Programme for IT into 2006 and 2007, according to a report in the Financial Times. The report comes as the service and its healthcare IT suppliers await news of the seven contract awards due to be made for the NHS data spine, local […]
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Internet has blown away library walls
The Internet has blown away the walls of libraries as effectively as Semtex, Dr Muir Gray, director of the National electronic Library for Health, told a conference of NHS IT and informatics professionals in London this week. But the new online world leaves those seeking information about health with a choice of literally thousands of […]
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CHI praises NHS Direct
The Commission for Health Improvement (CHI) has given a positive assessment of the 24 hour health information and advice line, NHS Direct, saying that it is a successful service valued by the public and has staff that are proud to work for it. CHI’s sector report on the service covers 20 out of the […]
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South Tees NHS Trust buys spinal injuries record system
The North of England Regional Spinal Cord Injuries Centre at The James Cook University Hospital, Middlesborough, part of South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust, has just signed a contract with IMS MAXIMS plc for an integrated clinical record system. The purpose-built Regional Spinal Injuries Centre, which opened in 2002, serves a population of approximately 3.5 million […]
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Cerner CEO: contracts are ‘onerous but not outrageous’
With the award of the first Local Service Provider (LSP) contracts due within a month, one of the firms that looks set to win significant contracts is US healthcare applications vendor Cerner. Uniquely the firm is either leading or a prominent member of consortia in all five clusters, and is strongly tipped to win at […]
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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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Nhs.uk to provide information for Patient Choice
Patients will be encouraged to use the NHS online service, nhs.uk, to gather information about NHS hospitals when they are making choices about treatment. The NHS Information Authority announced this week that the online service had been chosen by the Department of Health as the channel for giving patients the information they need to select […]
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E-Booking presented as a step towards patient-centred NHS
A new £64.5m national contract for e-booking between GP surgeries and acute hospitals in England was presented by the government as a key step towards achieving the aim of offering patients a choice of hospitals. Announcing the contract this week, health secretary, John Reid, said electronic booking was not about “some whizz kids’ obsession with […]
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Granger says firms will sign up to terms and conditions
NHS IT Director General Richard Granger, has rejected claims that the terms and conditions included in contracts for the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) are too onerous for bidders to sign up to, and stated that he is convinced firms will sign up to the arrangements. The most compelling evidence of this claim was […]
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National Programme to sign first contract
Tomorrow morning Secretary of State for Health John Reid and NHS IT director-general Richard Granger will announce that SchlumbergerSema offering a Cerner solution have been awarded the electronic appointment booking contract for the NHS. E-booking will be the first major supplier contract for the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) to be let. As previously reported […]
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