NHS signs new Microsoft deal worth three-quarters of a billion pounds
NHS England has announced a new £774m licensing deal for Microsoft productivity apps and products including Office365 and Teams for 1.5m NHS staff.
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NHSE extends Microsoft national licensing deal for £8m for one month
NHS England has signed an £8m one month extension on the NHS Microsoft licensing deal that includes Office 365 and Teams video conferencing application.
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TPP offers ‘EPR Core’ license-free
TPP is offering a module that lets hospital staff view and contribute to primary care records electronically, license-free to NHS trusts.
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DH scraps Novell enterprise agreement
The Department of Health has announced that it is axing the Enterprise wide Agreement that the NHS has with Novell. The move follows the decision to scrap the bigger EwA that the health service had with Microsoft in July, and suggests that similar deals could be scrapped as they fall due for renewal. NHS Connecting […]
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Expert view: Guy Beaudin
The public sector business development director of Insight on the end of the Microsoft NHS Enterprise-wide Agreement.
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EMIS buys Rx Systems for £10m
GP system supplier EMIS has acquired a majority share in Rx Systems Ltd, a pharmacy software and services company, for almost £10m.
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Decision day arrives for CfH and NPfIT
The National Programme for IT in the NHS is set to end in its current guise, with plans tabled for further deep cuts, and the name NHS Connecting for Health to be dropped.
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All trusts to be foundations by 2013
All NHS trusts will be obliged to become a foundation trust or merge with one by 2013, the Department of Health has announced. In the latest of a series of consultations putting flesh on the bones of the recent white paper, ‘Liberating the NHS’, the DH says it will “drive progress” towards foundation status for […]
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DH axes £500m Microsoft licensing deal
The Department of Health will not renew a half billion pound software licensing deal with Microsoft, which has run for 12 years.
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Microsoft agreement with the NHS expires
Microsoft’s Enterprise-wide Agreement with the NHS has expired and is yet to be resigned with NHS Connecting for Health.
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