Lockheed Martin Withdraws From National Programme
US technology giant, Lockheed Martin, has withdrawn from the procurement competitions being run by the NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT) the company confirmed to E-Health Insider today (Friday, 29 August). A Lockheed Martin spokesperson stated: “I can confirm that we have withdrawn from the National Programme for IT.” He declined to answer any questions […]
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Clinician Involvement Essential in IT Planning Says BMJ
The essential importance of involving frontline clinicians in the evolution of their workplace information systems is underlined this week in a British Medical Journal editorial. Writing about the evolution of the national data spine, Dr Nick Booth from the Centre for Health Services Research at Newcastle University, says: “So far the new team running the […]
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Torex Buys Obs & Gynae Systems Specialist
Torex continued its march along the acquisition trail with the purchase of Protos Limited, the UK’s dominant provider of obstetric and gynaecology IT systems. The sale has been sealed for £1.45m in Torex ordinary shares and up to £0.4m cash, depending on the level of cash in the business. Both shares and cash are payable […]
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The National IT Programme: Readers Have Their Say 2
Our first batch of readers’ comments on the National Programme for IT in the NHS brought some interesting replies. The discussion started after IT tsar Richard Granger asked, in the course of his speech at HC2003, whether there were any alternatives to the direction of travel set by the National Programme. Our first correspondent took […]
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The National IT Programme: Readers Have Their Say
At HC2003 NHS IT director-general Richard Granger said that he wanted a debate about whether there were viable alternatives to the direction of travel set out by the National Programme. Though he made clear that he believed the route set out was the best way to ensure delivery, he added it was not too late […]
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OJEC Issued for National IT Programme Procurement
The clock has started ticking officially for companies aspiring to take a slice of the new NHS IT business with the publication of an OJEC contract notice and supporting documents designed to set the £2.3 billion procurement process in train. The notice leaves suppliers 37 days to express their interest in becoming bidders for the […]
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