iSoft’s £82m upfront cash for existing IT revealed
Upfront payments totalling nearly £82m were made to health IT specialists, iSoft, in a complex deal which gave the company money in advance for existing NHS contracts, it has emerged. Health secretary, Patricia Hewitt, defends the arrangement in a letter to Richard Bacon, Conservative MP and leading member of the Public Accounts Committee who has been […]
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NAO planning to look again at NPfIT
The National Audit Office (NAO) has confirmed that it plans to carry out a second study of the late-running £12bn National Programme for IT (NPfIT). No date has yet been set for this new study to be carried out. The NAO said in June that it “may return to carry out a further examination at a […]
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iSoft reports £382m loss and new funding
Health software firm iSoft has today reported a £382m annual loss but said that it has reached a funding deal with its banks, and signed a new memorandum of understanding with Computer Sciences Corporation. "The new terms will provide the group with funding for its ongoing operations … and provide a period of stability in which […]
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Waiting for Lorenzo
EHI editor Jon Hoeksma provides at a detailed look a confidential report into iSoft’s development of Lorenzo.
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FSA begins formal investigation into iSoft
Healthcare software firm iSoft Group Plc, announced this morning that the Financial Services Authority has begun a formal investigation to investigate accounting irregularities uncovered by the firm earlier this month. A spokesperson for the FSA told E-Health Insider “We will be undertaking a formal investigation”. The spokesperson added this had already begun. “It is underway”. […]
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‘No believable plan’ for completion of iSoft Lorenzo
A confidential review of iSoft’s release schedule has revealed that there are no immediate prospects for the completion and delivery of the Lorenzo electronic patient record software, the key patient software for three out of five regions of the £12.4bn NHS IT programme. The EPR was first meant to be delivered to two-thirds of the NHS […]
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E-mail reveals outage disrupted patient care
One week on from the computer failure that left 80 trusts in the North-west and West Midlands without access to their IT systems the extent of the disruption to patient care of the biggest ever NHS IT failure is coming to light. Despite claims to the contrary by NHS Connecting for Health, E-Health Insider has […]
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North Staffs announces ‘big bang’ implementation
University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust has started its trust-wide ‘big bang’ implementation of a new iSoft patient administration system, together with specialist clinical systems as part of its move towards an electronic patient record. Several of the trust’s legacy systems, many of which were bespoke, have now been replaced in PAS A&E, theatre, maternity, clinical […]
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Lengthy delivery for NPfIT maternity systems
The delivery of new maternity systems as part of the NHS IT programme has stalled, E-Health Insider has learned. Not a single hospital has yet received a new system, and a leading obstetrician has warned that the delays are creating potential “clinical risks” to mothers and children. The lengthy delays to maternity software are causing […]
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Hewitt urged to block software switch in London
Patricia Hewitt, the health secretary, has been asked to block the possible move by BT to replace its software supplier for electronic patient records in London as part of the NHS National programme for IT (NPfIT). Richard Bacon, MP, a senior member of the House of Commons Public accounts committee (PAC), last night wrote to […]
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