NW Trusts can get off the Lorenzo bus
Trusts in the North West of England have been asked if they want to get off the ‘Lorenzo Bus’ and told they will not have to pay penalties if they do.
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Bacon says ‘prove value of NPfIT deals’
A leading member of the Commons Public Accounts Committee has written to NHS chief information officer Christine Connelly, questioning how negotiations to ‘descope’ the two remaining local service provider contracts will deliver value for money.
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Insider View: Jon Hoeksma
As the BMA has another fret about the NHS Summary Care Record, the editor of E-Health Insider asks: where are the clinical champions for NHS IT?
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Cloudy outlook on government ICT
The Cabinet Office has published a ten year strategy for government ICT that emphasises the use of cloud computing and greater standardisation across the public sector.
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No budget for NPfIT agreed post March
No budget for the NHS National Programme for IT has yet been agreed after the end of March, now less than three months away.
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Here is the news: for 2010
NHS IT will face tough times over the coming year and there will be changes to the National Programme for IT in the NHS whoever wins the coming general election. That is the view of more than 20 politicians, analysts, suppliers and IT managers asked to look ahead to 2010 by E-Health Insider. Many of […]
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Insider View: Jon Hoeksma
What’s going on, Darling?
NPfIT was going to be scrapped. Then it wasn’t. Sarah Bruce reports on Pre-Budget Report chaos.
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Darling targets efficiency, pay and tax
The Chancellor has slightly shifted the focus of this year’s Pre-Budget Report from the urgent need to make public sector efficiency savings to implementing pay freezes and increasing taxes.
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Turmoil grips NHS IT programme
The future of the National Programme for IT in the NHS has been plunged into doubt after the Chancellor of the Exchequer singled it out as a suitable candidate for cuts. Speaking ahead of the Pre-Budget Report, Alistair Darling made it clear that he believed there were savings to be made, and bluntly stated that he […]
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