CSW Health goes into administration
Health IT firm CSW Group Ltd, the owners of CSW Health, the Oxford-based specialist in XML-based software applications, has been placed into administration. The development leaves the future support of a system used by ten London primary care trusts to monitor child vaccinations unclear. It also appears to throw a spanner into plans to develop […]
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DH launches consultation on QoF
The Department of Health has launched a consultation on its plans for the Quality and Outcomes Framework. The DH is proposing that from April 2009, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) should be put in charge of reviewing existing and new indicators for the QoF, which was originally introduced as part of […]
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NHS Direct drops foundation plans
NHS Direct has announced that it will not apply for foundation trust status “in the foreseeable future.” Its chief executive, Matt Tee, told E-Health Insider that it would instead pursue some of the freedoms offered to foundation trusts “without going through the Monitor process.” A strategic health authority lead commissioning arrangement will also be put […]
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Connelly promises clarity by year end
Christine Connelly, the new chief information officer for health, has denied reports that the National Programme for IT in the NHS is grinding to a halt and promised progress by the end of the year.
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Auditors warn of NPfIT risk to southern SHAs
District auditors have warned NHS strategic health authorities in the south of England that the termination of Fujitsu’s contract as local service provider is a key risk for which they need to draw up contingency plans.
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IT crucial for full engagement, report argues
The NHS needs to make greater use of information and web 2.0 technologies if individuals are to engage more with their health and healthcare, the King’s Fund think-tank has argued. In a report on a round-table involving policy, health service and IT experts, the King’s Fund says the health service needs to adopt new technologies […]
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Choose and Book record for daily bookings
A record number of daily bookings were made through Choose and Book following its latest upgrade, NHS Connecting for Health has announced. The IT agency says Choose and Book 4.1 was implemented on 18 October and 28,107 bookings were made on the next week day. The upgrade includes improvements to rejected bookings, work lists and reports plus changes to […]
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Tees and Leeds look to Paris
In4tek deploys Paris at Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys and Leeds Partnerships NHS foundation trusts as “interim” solution while “strategic” NHS solutions such as Lorenzo remain in development.
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Just 25 per cent sign PCT-practice agreement
Fewer than one in four eligible GP practices have signed their PCT-practice agreement under GP Systems of Choice (GPSoC). Figures published this week by NHS Connecting for Health show that 1,614 practices out of 7,300 practices with a GPSoC deal in England have signed the agreements, nearly six months after they were originally due to […]
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‘Live Eight’ with Fujitsu until mid-2009
NHS trusts in the South of England may find themselves reliant on Fujitsu to provide key systems a full year after the firm’s NHS contract was ended.
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