Nortel files for bankruptcy protection
Nortel Networks, the Canadian telecoms equipment and networks specialist, has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US to enable it to restructure. Nortel provides network and telecoms services to a number of NHS trusts in the UK, including: Liverpool Women’s hospital; Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust; and IP telephony to NHS trusts in Worcester and central […]
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BT Global Services to cut costs
A profit warning from BT Global Services, the arm of the company responsible for delivering key NHS IT contracts, has sent shares in the telecoms giant crashing to a 20-year low. While other divisions performed as expected, BT Global Services was said to be a “dissapointing” £120m behind expectations. BT’s chief executive Ian Livingston promised […]
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Personal view: Derek Hodgson
Derek Hodgson, head of telecommunications for the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, takes on 08 numbers.
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Royal Brompton and Harefield implements WLAN
Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, London, has implemented a wireless local area network (WLAN) supplied by French telecoms giant Alcatel-Lucent.
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Campaign urges better telecoms for deaf users
Charities representing deaf and hard-of-hearing citizens are lobbying the government to improve access to modernised, fairly-priced telecom services suited to their needs. TAG, which represents all the UK’s main deaf and hard-of-hearing organisations concerned with electronic communications, is encouraging deaf people to take a one-off opportunity to use two telephone services adapted to their needs […]
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EHI’s industry news roundup 02.05.08
E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 2 May 2008 featuring supplier news, product launches, events and awards. Supplier news Ntl:Telewest Business say public sector unsure of 21CN benefits Research by ntl:Telewest Business with health trust telecoms managers has found that the majority are in the dark about BT’s £10 billion plans […]
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EHI’s industry news roundup 28.03.08
E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 28 March 2008 featuring supplier news and appointments. Supplier news Care nurses to get online help Nurses making more than 75,000 medical visits a year, to enable often seriously ill people to be cared for at home, are being given hi-tech help by University of […]
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Contract ‘reset’ underway in the South
The new NHS programme director for the NHS IT programme in the South of England says she is not happy with the core patient administration system delivered so far, and confirmed that a far-reaching ‘reset’ of contracts has been launched. Sarah Elmendorf took up the new post of programme director at the Southern Programme for […]
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Community network for St Helens and Knowsley
St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust have begun deploying a new £4.2m Community of Interest Network (COIN) to link all the healthcare providers in the region. The trust has signed a five year contract with ntl:Telewest Business to provide the community network, which will link 170 sites across the region. Through introducing the new […]
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Patientline blames losses on ward closures
Patientline has announced yearly losses of £24.7m before tax, which the company has blamed on ward closures and the recent Ofcom investigation into its charging structure. Geoff White, the recently-appointed chairman of Patientline, said: "The group has been through a very challenging period, involving not only difficult trading conditions but also an investigation by Ofcom […]
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