A matter of trust
Richard Granger talks to EHI about NHS trusts’ responsibilities in the NPfIT and the story of the programme so far.
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Granger warns of Choose and Book brief ‘snowballing’
Constant changes in the requirements for Choose and Book by the Department of Health and lack of clarity on the boundaries of patient choice have created delays in implementation and are increasing the risk of a "sub-optimal" electronic booking system being delivered. This was the tough message delivered to NHS senior managers at the NHS […]
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Electronic record content still up for discussion
The question of what information will go on a local record and what will go on a national summary record is still open for discussion, a medical conference in London heard last week. The conference “Challenges for Doctors in the Digital World” was held the day after the launch of the new Care Record Guarantee […]
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NPfIT to jettison its name…and some suppliers
The National Programme for IT is to change its name to Connecting for Health, NHS IT director-general Richard Granger announced today. Speaking at Healthcare Computing 2005 in Harrogate, Granger explained that Connecting for Health was "what we are about". But the re-branding will not disguise some harsh realities for suppliers to the programme some of […]
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Cabinet Office denies Watmore to take helm at NPfIT
The Cabinet Office and National Programme for IT have moved swiftly today to deny suggestions that Ian Watmore, the Government’s first Chief Information Officer, is poised to take the helm at the NHS IT modernisation project. The prediction that Watmore was about to take a greater hand in steering the NPfIT was made in this […]
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UCLH goes live
UCLH is the first to go live with Carecast from IDX; what can other trusts learn from the experience? E-Health Insider speaks to chief executive Robert Naylor.
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Conservatives call for NHS IT review
Andrew Lansley, Shadow Secretary of State for Health, has announced that a future Conservative government would commission an urgent review of the NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT). The Conservatives say that the timetable for the national programme has already slipped and "fear that it may become the latest in a long list of government […]
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PR heavyweight appointed to sell NHS CRS
The NHS National Programme for Information Technology (NPfIT) has appointed communications consultancy giant Porter Novelli, part of the global marketing conglomerate Omnicom, to help deliver staff and public information campaigns about the NHS Care Records Service (CRS). Porter Novelli, one of the top seven PR agencies internationally, will help to deliver public information campaigns about […]
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Words get around
Blogging is one of the success stories of the internet. E-Health Insider looks at NHS staff who blog and also how blogs are used within the health service.
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EMIS sets out its version of ‘fact and fiction’
Primary Care systems supplier EMIS has issued its customers with a briefing about its relationship with the NHS National Programme for IT, claiming it has been frozen out of the National Programme with GPs penalised if they wish to retain or move to EMIS systems. While the document, entitled ‘Fact not Fiction’, says that EMIS remains fully supportive of […]
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