£800m already spent on NPfIT in South
The National Programme for IT in the NHS has spent two thirds of its original allocation, but one strategic health authority is confident a programme of IT upgrades can still be delivered.
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Surrey and Sussex to stick with Cerner
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has dropped plans to abandon Cerner for an iSoft alternative. Instead, the trust will continue to develop the Cerner Millennium system installed two years ago. The trust was considering the route taken by nearby Worthing Hospital and ditching the Cerner system, due to the strategic risks created by a […]
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Five trusts breach DPA
The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued further warnings to NHS bodies about the importance of protecting data, after revealing that another five trusts have breached the Data Protection Act. The breaches were made by three London trusts – The Royal Free Hampstead, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and Epsom and St Helier University Hospital – and […]
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Millennium remains a ‘challenge’ at Worthing
The chief executive of Worthing and Southlands NHS Trust has said in a letter to staff that the Cerner Millennium system installed six months ago by Fujitsu continues “to be a challenge across the trust”. In a letter posted on the trust’s intranet, Stephen Cass, told staff: “All staff – whether you use the system […]
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System C Healthcare acquires Care Records
System C Healthcare, a UK healthcare software services and implementation consultancy, has acquired clinical system developer Care Records Ltd, from medical equipment manufacturer Huntleigh Healthcare. Care Records is a developer of clinical IT systems, best known for the Eclipse maternity system and a diabetes management system, both of which have been installed in UK hospitals. […]
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Lessons learned
Southern England, perhaps more than any other region, has produced a mixed picture of NHS IT modernisation. Senior executives from local service provider, Fujitsu, explain the real situation as they see it.
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Fujitsu says ‘full steam ahead’ in South
Half of the Southern cluster’s 35 sites have agreed ‘full steam-ahead’ go-live dates to take the initial Millennium patient administration system, E-Health Insider has learned from local service provider (LSP) for the region, Fujitsu. Fujitsu’s managing director for the UK public sector, Peter Hutchinson, told E-Health Insider that the local service provider is engaged in […]
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Surrey and Sussex becomes sixth Millennium site in South
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, the latest trust to go-live with Cerner’s Millennium R0 patient administration system (PAS) delivered by local service provider Fujitsu. The trust has successfully completed their 45 day implementation programme, but have opted not to deploy order comms functionality yet. The trust, which went live on 20 April, delayed deployment of […]
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Trusts feel knock on effects of Millennium delays
Ongoing delays in implementations of Release 0 of the Cerner Millennium Care Record Service (CRS) in the south of England are having a knock effect, pushing back deployment dates for trusts awaiting Release 1 of the software. As a result several hospital trusts in the South currently have no firm implementation date for implementation, while […]
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Delays continue on NPfIT local ownership programme
A review is underway to establish new priorities and additional requirements for the NHS National Programme for IT Local Ownership Programme (NLOP) with the results due to be reported to the NHS Management Board in June, E-Health Insider has learned. The review – known as the Butler Review – is being carried out to identify […]
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