NAO draws on paper to show inefficiency
The NHS is spending almost £150m a year on printing and stationery, the National Audit Office has discovered in a report that uses paper as an example of the complexity and inefficiency of NHS procurement.
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Bacon questions Connelly on CSC deal
Conservative MP Richard Bacon has sent a letter to the National Audit Office and the Department of Health’s director general for informatics, Christine Connelly, raising serious concerns about the value of a new CSC contract.
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BT to get £36m per Cerner site in South
A breakdown of the costs of BT’s £542m National Programme for IT in the NHS contract for the South of England shows it will receive up to £36m for each Cerner system.
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NAO launches NPfIT investigation
The National Audit Office has confirmed that it will launch an investigation into the value of the National Programme for IT in the NHS, focusing specifically on the £546m contract that was awarded to BT last year.
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Negotiations over £143m Fujitsu advance continue
Questions about advance payments made to Fujitsu by NHS Connecting for Health are still to be resolved, as discussions on contract termination continue between the two parties. Figures submitted to the National Audit Office on 31 March showed that Fujitsu received £370m out of £1.3billion of advance payments from CfH, but were to repay £143m. […]
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NHS says Lorenzo won’t be complete until 2016
North West Strategic Health Authority says it does not expect full installation of the strategic Lorenzo electronic patient record software until 2016, a year later the date set out in last week’s National Audit Office report. A board paper from the SHA says a new contract between CfH/NHS and local service provider (LSP) CSC is […]
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No GP systems in Fujitsu’s NHS contract
Fujitsu, local service provider for the Southern Programme for IT, is not yet contracted to supply a GP system but £105.9m is to be spent to include such a requirement, the latest National Audit Office report reveals. The NAO investigation into the national NHS IT programme found that the project was running at least four […]
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NAO says care records service delayed until 2015
Report advises annual QoF negotiation
The National Audit Office has advised the Department of Health to renegotiate the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QoF) every year and allocate a percentage of QoF points for local negotiation. In a 57 page report on the new contractual arrangements for GPs, NHS Pay Modernisation: New Contracts for General Practice Services in England, the NAO […]
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Information Centre appoints new chief executive
The Information Centre (IC) for health and social care has appointed Tim Straughan, current acting chief executive, as its chief executive. Announcing the appointment, Mike Ramsden, chairman of The IC said: “I’m delighted to announce Tim’s appointment and believe he is the right person to lead The IC as it works to provide even greater […]
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