Reader Comments: Consultants Bite Back
Last week we published comments from NHS IT managers giving their perspective on the National Programme for IT in the NHS (NPfIT) and its effect at local level. This week, management consultants have their say. A reader writes… Dear E-Health Insider, I am an independent management consultant who has been involved in a number of […]
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NPfIT Contract Negotiations Get Tough
The long-term future of a key pillar of the Government’s modernisation strategy for the NHS depends on what increasingly resembles a game of chicken, now being played out between the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) and the suppliers left in the contract negotiations for the procurement competitions. Participants in this high-stakes game of poker describe […]
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Lockheed Martin Withdraws From National Programme
US technology giant, Lockheed Martin, has withdrawn from the procurement competitions being run by the NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT) the company confirmed to E-Health Insider today (Friday, 29 August). A Lockheed Martin spokesperson stated: “I can confirm that we have withdrawn from the National Programme for IT.” He declined to answer any questions […]
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No National Programme Funding for Local Projects
The director of finance for the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) has confirmed that local NHS organisations will receive no additional funding for local IM&T initiatives from national programme funds beyond this current financial year. In a letter seen by E-Health Insider NPfIT finance director, Malcolm Harris CBE, states that in 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 all […]
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Kwo Aims to Make London World’s Best Health System
Everyone needs a goal. David Kwo, the man responsible for delivering 21st century IT to the NHS in London, certainly has one. It’s nothing less that to make London “the leading metropolitan health system globally.” Interviewed by E-Health Insider as the selection process for the three shortlisted LSPs for London – consortia led by IBM, […]
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Granger Confirms Centre to Allocate LSP Contracts
With the shortlist for LSPs announced this week, barely a year after the procurement process for the NPfIT began, Richard Granger, NHS IT director-general, has reiterated that the final decision on LSP contract awards will be made centrally. In an interview with E-Health Insider, Mr Granger, confirmed that the decisions on award of the five […]
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LSP Clusters Shortlist Announced
The National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in the NHS has announced its shortlist of Local Service Providers (LSPs) selected to compete for five contracts to carry out the government’s £2.3 billion transformation of health service IT in England. The same announcement also officially confirmed the three shortlisted bidders for the contract to be the National […]
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Shortlisted LSPs Notified
A further key stage in the national procurement for Integrated Care Records Services (ICRS) was reached on Friday when firms that had made the shortlist to become Local Service Providers (LSPs) were notified by the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in the NHS. Ninety-nine firms submitted outline applications to become LSPs by March with the […]
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Cerner Brings in the Big Guns
Cerner, one of the contenders for local service provider (LSP) contracts to be awarded by the National Programme for IT in the NHS, has announced a major expansion of its UK presence and moved one its most senior executives to London to oversee the operation. The US-based corporation said this week that its chief operating […]
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ISoft and Torex Announce Merger Plans
iSoft and Torex, two of the UK’s leading health IT firms announced this week that they intended to merge to create the UK’s largest provider of healthcare information systems able to play a leading role in the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in the NHS and be a leading player internationally. The two companies said […]
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