Granger says NPfIT in danger of being derailed
The director in charge of the £6.2 billion NHS National Programme for IT has warned that the project is in “grave danger” of being “derailed”, according to leaked Whitehall e-mails. The claim was made by NHS IT director General Richard Granger, in an email to Margaret Edwards, director of access and patient choice, at the […]
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Granger answers Choose and Book critics
NHS IT chief, Richard Granger, says that low usage of the Choose and Book system is not something he can do anything about. Granger said in a wide-ranging interview in Computing magazine: “The core application is there, does what it was asked to do and was delivered on time. “There have been some configuration problems, […]
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International standards organisation for SNOMED proposed
SNOMED International, an arm of The College of American Pathologists (CAP) and NHS Connecting for Health, the agency in charge of NHS IT modernisation, have announced plans to establish an international Standards Development Organistion to promote SNOMED CT. The aim is to create an international standards organisation that will enable countries and national authorities to take a […]
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Granger sets November deadline for BT in London
BT has been warned by NHS IT boss Richard Granger that they must hit a 28 November deadline to switch on a Patient Administration System at Queen Mary and Sidcup NHS Trust or risk incurring penalties. The company confirmed that it is up to a year behind schedule on its £996m computer network-services contract with […]
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CfH business plan indicates delivery delay
NHS Connecting for Health has issued its first annual business plan listing the agency’s achievements and setting out a programme of work that remains heavy on infrastructure and light on the rich clinical functionality the service is looking for to help transform services. The plan is published almost three years after the establishment of the […]
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Course offers fast track to health fundamentals
A short course offering a rapid induction into the world of healthcare and the NHS has been designed by the University of Central Lancashire for IM&T workers taking jobs in the sector. The university hopes to run the five day Fast-Track Fundamentals programme in the autumn when the first cohort of participants has been recruited. […]
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Winning over clinicians key to success says Economist
Winning over busy, sceptical clinicians to the benefits of NHS IT modernisation has been highlighted as a key challenge by the influential journal, the Economist. A two page analysis of Connecting for Health’s programme concludes that the agency is making a better fist of the ‘dauntingly vast’ National Programme for IT than pessimists expected, but […]
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BT warned it may face chop in London
BT, one of the main contractors responsible for delivering the NHS IT modernisation programme, has been warned that it must start delivering in London or risk losing its £996 million contract for the capital. Leading a consortium called Capital Care Alliance BT was awarded a ten year contract to update NHS IT systems across the capital […]
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GP systems market shake-out predicted by Granger
The numbers of GP system suppliers and local pharmacies could be reduced within five years as the NHS IT programme transforms their markets, Richard Granger, chief executive of NHS Connecting for Health, has predicted. Granger described the primary care systems market as "immature" and based on a business model unlikely to be sustainable. He said: "I don’t […]
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Granger issues stern warning for failing suppliers
Richard Granger, director general of NHS IT and chief executive of NHS Connecting for Health, has delivered another stern warning to suppliers lagging behind on delivery. Speaking at the Health and Social Care Exchange conference in London, he said: "There is a problem with some suppliers. The strategy of not giving the whole of the […]
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