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15 December 2006

NHS ramps up spend on management consultants

 Spending on management consultants across the public sector has reached a record a record £3bn a year, with an increase
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14 December 2006

Minister responsible for NPfIT to retire

Lord Warner the health minister responsible for the £12.4bn NHS IT project is to retire at the end of the
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30 November 2006

MP “looking into” how NAO report was drafted

Commons Public Accounts Committee member and outspoken scrutiniser of the National Programme for IT, Richard Bacon MP, says he is
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20 November 2006

‘Engage, understand and manage’ says NAO report

More engagement, understanding and better management is needed, if the public sector is to successfully deliver new IT services, according
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15 November 2006

DH carrying out ‘confidential’ review of CfH

E-Health Insider has learned that an urgent ‘confidential’ review of the NHS IT programme and structure of Connecting for Health,
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19 October 2006

NHS Direct patient database approaches first birthday

NHS Direct, the health service’s telephone and online advice service will celebrate the first birthday of its single national database
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22 September 2006

IC deal with Dr Foster under NAO scrutiny

The controversial deal to form a joint venture between the Health and Social Care Information Centre and a private company
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5 September 2006

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
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18 August 2006

Criticisms of NHS IT programme were cut from NAO report

Detailed criticisms of the management of the NHS IT modernisation programme, being overseen by Connecting for Health, were cut from
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19 July 2006

Cayton to lead summary records taskforce

Patients’ ‘tsar’ and chair of the Care Records Development Board, Harry Cayton, will lead the taskforce set up to help
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