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13 October 2003

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
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9 October 2003

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
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7 October 2003

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
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2 October 2003

Missing IT Funds Threaten GP Contract

One of the BMA’s leaders on IT issues has warned that the new GP contract is at risk unless the
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30 September 2003

ETP Pilots Evaluation Challenged

One of the three consortia set up to test electronic transmission of prescriptions (ETP) says an official evaluation does not
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15 September 2003

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
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11 September 2003

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
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22 August 2003

NAO Begins Review of National Programme

The National Audit Office has begun reviewing aspects of the £2.3 billion NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT) after having
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13 August 2003

Major Study of Healthcare IT Benefits Announced

A leading US policy think tank is to conduct a study to determine how much patient care could improve and
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16 July 2003

Dr Gwyn Thomas: The NHSIA as a Service Provider

Understanding the complex shifting relationship between the NHS Information Authority and the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in the NHS
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