Criticism unhealthy for NPfIT, says Granger
The director general of NHS IT, Richard Granger, has spoken out against critics of the National Programme for IT, saying that many charges are just “plain wrong” and that a “toxic environment" is in danger of developing. “If we are not very careful”, said Granger in an interview with the Financial Times, “fewer people will […]
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NHS broadband plans thrown into confusion
The roll-out plans for new NHS broadband network (N3) look to be in some disarray after the future of the regional bodies charged with aggregating public sector broadband purchasing, including that of the NHS – was thrown into uncertainty. In February 2004 the Department of Health awarded a £530 million, seven-year contract with BT to […]
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Granger: “Fewer than 100” referrals made on ebooking
Richard Granger, Director General of the National Programme for IT, has said that the national programme remains on schedule to help deliver a fully booked NHS by the end of 2005 despite fewer than 100 bookings having yet been made on the Choose and Book electronic appointment booking system. Nevertheless, Granger confirmed that "we […]
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End 2005 will see NPfIT making a difference for all
National Programme for IT’s (NPfIT) director-general, Richard Granger has predicted that by the end of next year there won’t be a ‘nook or cranny’ of the NHS in England that has not seen some work from the programme that will be making a difference to caring for patients. Speaking to a briefing ahead of the Clinical Information […]
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MedInfo 2004: a global view of health connectivity
Health IT leaders from England, Australia, Canada and the US met at the recent MedInfo 2004 conference to compare notes on health connectivity. Neil Versel reports.
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Health connectivity: the global holy grail
SAN FRANCISCO— The National Programme for Information Technology (NPfIT) may be the envy of many a country for its £6.2 billion bankroll, but the NHS officials and their counterparts abroad are finding that money is not the only obstacle to nationwide healthcare connectivity, Neil Versel reports from MedInfo, the 11th triennial world congress on medical […]
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NHS close to signing new Microsoft deal
The NHS is on the brink of signing a new three-year corporate licensing agreement with Microsoft to provide desktop applications for the entire NHS. A National Programme for IT (NPfIT) spokesperson told E-Health Insider: "The National Programme for IT can confirm it has reached an agreement with Microsoft for the provision of desk-top licences, which […]
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Sun awarded ‘tactical’ NHS desktop contract
The National Programme for IT (NPfIT) has concluded an evaluation project with Sun Microsystems over the potential use of Sun’s open-source Java Desktop System within the NHS as an alternative to Microsoft. E-Health Insider can exclusively reveal that NPfIT “has concluded that the Java Desktop System, which runs on the Linux operating system, represents a […]
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Agfa set to replace GE on PACS in North East and Eastern
Three months after health minister John Hutton announced the award of Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS) contracts for the five National Programme for IT (NPfIT) clusters, it now seems certain that contracts for at least two clusters will now be awarded to Agfa rather than GE Medical Systems as originally thought. An NPfIT spokesperson […]
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EDS given £9m compensation for NHSmail contract
EDS is to recieve £9m in compensation from the Department of Health for the cancellation of its 10-year contract to supply NHSmail, originally awarded in September 2002. The news comes a month after Cable & Wireless was awarded a nine-year replacement contract worth £29.3m for supplying NHSmail’s existing 65,000 users with email and related services, rising […]
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