Waiting for 2 long
The fate of tech fund 2 has been up in the air since applications closed seven months ago, frustrating trusts and suppliers alike. Sam Sachdeva reports.
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£240m tech fund 2 raided by Treasury
NHS England’s £240m technology fund has been raided by the Treasury to help meet A&E pressures in the run up to the general election.
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Osborne ‘finds £2 billion for NHS’
Chancellor George Osborne is due to back the ‘Five Year Forward View’ to reform the NHS in his autumn statement this week.
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Treasury releases tech fund money
The Treasury has approved funding for the second tranche of projects in the first round of the ‘Safer Hospitals, Safer Wards: Technology Fund’.
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Tech fund trusts still waiting
A significant number of trusts are still awaiting Treasury approval for their technology fund projects despite some of the money having to be spent within a month.
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Treasury approves e-referrals spend
EXCLUSIVE: The Choose and Book contract with Atos has been extended for another year while InTechnology builds the new NHS e-referral service infrastructure.
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£180m for South Acute
More than £80m of central funding will be available to southern NHS trusts to buy clinical IT systems as part of the South Acute programme.
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ASCC acute gets go ahead
Treasury approval has been given for the procurement of acute systems under the Additional Supply Capability and Capacity framework, according to the Department of Health.
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Osborne tells NHS to support social care
The NHS will be expected to support social care as council budgets are slashed, Chancellor George Osborne announced this lunchtime.
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Government axes £15m for children’s IT
The government has axed £15m of funding promised by the previous Labour government to help local authorities implement integrated children’s systems.
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