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UnitedHealth quits GP provision

US healthcare giant UnitedHealth has decided to pull out of providing primary care services in order to focus on providing GP commissioning support.


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MPs given estimate of PCT job losses

MPs given estimate of PCT job losses

Between 30 and 40% of the staff who are currently employed in primary care trusts could find a role supporting commissioning in the new NHS, MPs heard this week.


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Matthew Swindells to join Cerner

Former NHS IT boss Matthew Swindells is set to join US health IT giant Cerner, following his resignation from consultancy firm Tribal. E-Health Insider understands that Swindells is likely to take up an international role within Cerner, rather than one specific to the UK. Cerner declined to provide details of his new role. Swindells has […]


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Swindells: Don’t compromise NPfIT vision

Prolonged contract renegotiations with local service providers risk compromising the central vision of the National Programme for IT in the NHS, the Department of Health’s former acting chief information officer has warned. Matthew Swindells, who led a review of NHS informatics before leaving the DH to head up Tribal Group’s healthcare practice, told E-Health Insider […]


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Best practice showcase announced

Trusts and primary care trusts from across England will be presenting at the best practice showcase at E-Health Insider Live ’09. NHS South Central will lead off by talking about the work it has been doing with Tribal to develop an information network to support pathway-based commissioning. Other participants in showcase, which is free for […]


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