London IT Programme slashed
NHS trusts in London have been told they will get a dramatically scaled back programme of IT modernisation following the new contract signed with BT last week.
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DH awards BT ‘greenfield’ Cerner deal
Three large NHS hospital trusts in the South of England have signed a deal to take Cerner Millennium from BT as part of the NHS National Programme for IT.
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CSC misses March Morecambe Bay deadline
CSC’s future in the £12.7 billion NHS IT programme is in doubt after it failed to hit a critical end of March deadline to install Lorenzo Regional Care Release 1.9 at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust.
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BT may win new Cerner ‘greenfield’ deal
BT could be on the verge of being awarded a lucrative deal to install Cerner Millennium at three new hospital trusts in the south of England. E-Health Insider understands a new deal is currently with Treasury pending approval, and the completion of the local service provider contract resets. Earlier this month, BT completed migration of […]
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St George’s gets Cerner for Easter
St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust has gone live with Cerner Millennium, the strategic electronic patient record system provided by London’s local service provider, BT.
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Bacon says ‘prove value of NPfIT deals’
A leading member of the Commons Public Accounts Committee has written to NHS chief information officer Christine Connelly, questioning how negotiations to ‘descope’ the two remaining local service provider contracts will deliver value for money.
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O’Brien claims govt may lock-in NPfIT
Conservative health spokesman Stephen O’Brien has accused the government of trying to tie the hands of an incoming Tory government over the future of the National Programme for IT in the NHS. Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme this morning, O’Brien said he was “very concerned” that the current negotiations that are being held […]
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Greenfield four becomes three
The Department of Health is struggling to find four sites in the South of England willing to take the Cerner Millennium hospital system.
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Newham plans next steps with Cerner
Newham University Hospital NHS Trust says it is planning to use its Cerner Millennium system to deliver integrated patient care pathways.
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First clinical director for informatics
The Department of Health has announced that it has appointed Charles Gutteridge as the first national clinical director for informatics.
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