Analysts speculate on LSP contract awards
A US market analyst report obtained by E-Health Insider predicts that clinical applications vendor Cerner will win two of the Local Service Provider (LSP) contracts about to be awarded by the National Programme for IT (NPfIT), with two more going to iSoft, and one to IDX. Overall the 11 November SunTrust Robinson Humphrey document, suggests that […]
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Gershon says NHS national programme is inherently ‘risky’
Peter Gershon, chief executive of the Treasury’s Office of Government Commerce (OGC) has described the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in the NHS as inherently risky and ambitious. The comments came as part of his oral evidence to the powerful House of Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on purchasing and management of software licences in […]
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Cerner CEO: contracts are ‘onerous but not outrageous’
With the award of the first Local Service Provider (LSP) contracts due within a month, one of the firms that looks set to win significant contracts is US healthcare applications vendor Cerner. Uniquely the firm is either leading or a prominent member of consortia in all five clusters, and is strongly tipped to win at […]
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Patient First Alliance no longer in National Programme
With barely a month to go before the first Local Service Provider (LSP) contracts are awarded Patient First Alliance (PFA) have been disqualified from the procurement competitions in the North West and North East, after failing to meet a Monday deadline to clarify their position. Their elimination leaves LSP consortia led by Cerner and Accenture […]
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NHSmail take-up minimal so far
One year on from award of a £90m contract with Electronic Data Systems (EDS), and six months after its launch just 2.3% of NHS staff have signed up to use NHSmail, the new web-based email system for the NHS. According to an internal NHSIA report seen by E-Health Insider 25,074 NHS staff had activated a […]
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National Programme to sign first contract
Tomorrow morning Secretary of State for Health John Reid and NHS IT director-general Richard Granger will announce that SchlumbergerSema offering a Cerner solution have been awarded the electronic appointment booking contract for the NHS. E-booking will be the first major supplier contract for the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) to be let. As previously reported […]
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NPfIT launches patient and clinician advisory groups
The National Programme for IT (NPfIT) has launched two new consultative groups to help shape the future direction of the programme. Healthcare professionals will be represented through the National Clinical Advisory Board (NCAB), while patients will have a voice through the Patient Advisory Board (PAB). With the first contracts for the national programme now only […]
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Missing IT Funds Threaten GP Contract
One of the BMA’s leaders on IT issues has warned that the new GP contract is at risk unless the Department of Health honours its pledge to provide funding to reimburse practice IT maintenance and upgrade costs as specified under the terms of the new General Medical Services (GMS) contract. Improved primary care IT systems […]
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First LSP Contract Award Dates Slip
The National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in the NHS has confirmed that deadlines have slipped for the award of the initial Local Service Provider (LSP) contracts, meaning that the first major contract award deadline set by the programme will be missed. Contracts for the first two LSPs – London and the North East – were […]
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Reader Comment: ‘NPfIT Viewed from Scotland’
The following ‘reader comment’ was supplied in response to recent E-Health Insider reports on the development of the National Programme for IT. The author is a consultant anaesthetist at a leading Scottish acute trust, who leads on IT issues locally. There is much about the current national programme procurements and what they entail, and the machinations […]
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