Granger says he is ‘ashamed’ of some systems provided
The departing head of the NHS IT programme Richard Granger has said he is ashamed of the quality of some of the systems put into the NHS by Connecting for Health suppliers, singling Cerner out for criticism. Going further than he before in acknowledging the extent of failings of systems provided to some parts of […]
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The end of the beginning?
Are we at the end of the beginning of NHS IT modernisation? Jon Hoeksma tests Churchill’s famous quote against the evidence.
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Fulsome praise for departing CfH boss
The news that Richard Granger is to leave Connecting for Health and the helm of the NHS IT Programme later this year has elicited a clutch of glowing tributes from some of the most senior industry and NHS executives he has worked with over the past five years. Over the weekend Granger received effusive praise and statements […]
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Granger to leave in transition by end of 2007
Connecting for Health chief executive, Richard Granger is to leave the agency responsible for delivering the National Programme for IT to the NHS in England ‘during the latter part of this year.’ In a personal statement issued today, he said he would ‘transition’ from his full time post at the agency he was largely responsible for […]
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Granger says IBA will take control of iSoft within week
Richard Granger, chief executive of Connecting for Health, has inidacted that IBA Health will have control of iSoft within the next week. However, Granger also warned that he was prepared to ditch iSoft’s Lorenzo software, and make arch rival Cerner’s Millennium the national system across England, if the late-running software doesn’t work or meet NHS requirements. […]
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Granger says NPfIT programme substantially delivered
Richard Granger, the chief executive of Connecting for Health, today said that the NHS IT project has been substantially delivered with key component programmes now nearing completion, though 90% of acute trusts have yet to get new systems. In a key development he said that live trials of the patient summary care record would begin ‘within days’, the […]
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CfH on standby to take over Lorenzo development
Connecting for Health, the Department of Health body responsible for the NHS IT programme, is reported to have warned Computer Sciences Corporation and iSoft that it is prepared to step in and take over development of iSoft’s Lorenzo patient record software if the companies cannot resolve differences. Today’s Financial Times newspaper cites DH sources as saying, […]
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NHS chief exec pledges to help resolve CRS issues
NHS chief executive David Nicholson has told Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Trust that they can count on his full support in resolving the problems they encountered in April after going live with the Millennium Care Records System provided by Fujitsu. In April 79 members of staff from the trust signed a letter outlining their frustrations […]
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‘Sealed envelopes’ on hold as policy debate continues
Local service providers (LSPs) are unable to deploy sealed envelope functionality because a clear specification looking at how the policy should work is not yet available, the Commons Health Select Committee heard today. Computer Science Corporation’s president of the Europe Group, Guy Hains told the committee that the LSP to the North-west and West Midlands, […]
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GPs say N3 slow speeds limiting use of systems
GPs are reporting more problems with N3 connections and system speeds which they say are affecting their ability to run both Connecting for Health applications and local surgery systems. The problems appear to be particularly acute for practices with branch surgeries. In Kent Dr Stephen Meech’s Maidstone practice has a 1MB connection which he has […]
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