EHI and doctors.net take pulse of NHS IT
NHS IT and alternatives to some or all of the National Programme for IT in the NHS have broken into the non-specialist press in recent weeks. First, papers speculated that the Conservative Party might be planning to tear up the National Programme for IT in the NHS and to let people use personal health record platforms […]
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Conservatives to ‘dismantle’ NPfIT
The Conservatives have promised to “dismantle Labour’s central NHS IT infrastructure” and instead move to a choice of local accredited patient record and clinical systems.
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Call to re-tender for Fujitsu replacement
Conservative health minister Stephen O’Brien has called for a “proper” tendering process to replace Fujitsu as local service provider in the South of England.
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NPfIT ‘misconceived’: O’Brien
Shadow health minister Stephen O’Brien has launched a stinging attack on the National Programme for IT in the NHS at Healthcare Interoperability in Birmingham. O’Brien said he had been surprised to see a "flurry" of stories claiming the programme was "grinding to a halt" in this week’s press, since there had been no obvious "hook" […]
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Political row over NPfIT: London on hold
A political row has broken out over the National Programme for IT in the NHS, following press reports that it has “ground to a halt.”
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