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Latest NHS articles

Wales approves new NHS patient administration system

Staff to have a single view of information from a number of systems
12 Jan 2010

£6.1bn spent so far on National Programme for IT

Figure is £2bn less than original forecasts due to slow progress on scheme
08 Jan 2010

Surrey and Borders NHS trust goes live with electronic patient records

Trust marks first of a swathe of new deployments in the South by BT
17 Dec 2009

NHS IT will not be scrapped completely, says Burnham

£600m to be cut from the “life time costs” of the NPfIT says minister
07 Dec 2009

NHS IT is mothballed as Brown launches efficiency plan

Brown says services moved online will deliver over £600m in savings, while chancellor calls time on NPfIT
07 Dec 2009

IT projects responsible for £11bn cost overruns

Better project management needed as budgets are squeezed, says TaxPayers' Alliance
19 Nov 2009

Mental health data stolen from NHS trust

Data not properly protected by NHS authorities
13 Nov 2009

NHS IT spending falls short of forecasts

Delays in implementing systems mean only a fifth of forecast money has been spent on paying contractors
13 Nov 2009

Connecting for Health optimistic on NHS VoIP take-up

More than 100 sites now using system, and numbers expected to rise sharply
09 Nov 2009

NHS Bury goes live with Lorenzo

Bury is first trust to deploy new version of software
06 Nov 2009

Guidelines published on what is a "successful" go-live of patient records

Milestones required by end of November published by Department of Health
02 Nov 2009

Only 175 people using flagship NHS software, says minister

Lorenzo care records system is likely to be costing taxpayer hundreds of thousands of pounds per user per year
30 Oct 2009

Labour MP: Government can't deal with "wily" IT suppliers

Labour MP Austin Mitchell says suppliers exaggerate products' potential for government IT contracts
29 Oct 2009

Wireless technology ensures safe transfer of blood and organs

RFID-enabled containers do not need to be opened for temperature checks
28 Oct 2009

Hot Seat - Dr Zafar Chaudry

Dr Zafar Chaudry is CIO at Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust and Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, where he manages 105 people
22 Oct 2009

What's on the Tory horizon for IT?

The Conservatives announced a number of initiatives at their conference last week that would have a significant impact on the UK’s technology sector
15 Oct 2009

iSoft to go directly to NHS trusts in the South

Role of local service provider made partially redundant in Southern region of National Programme after departure of Fujitsu
09 Oct 2009

Hereford hospitals go live with electronic patient records

Trust is first outside the early adopters to start using the Lorenzo software
05 Oct 2009

Lib Dems applaud scrapping ID cards

Vince Cable is the latest politician to promise to end controversial ID cards and NHS schemes
21 Sep 2009

Cut IT projects to reduce public spending, says Institute of Directors

ContactPoint, the NHS National Programme for IT, and identity cards should be axed
11 Sep 2009

Another NHS body warned over data loss

Unencrypted laptop stolen from premises at NHS Education for Scotland
10 Sep 2009

MPs demand greater transparency for government IT projects

Public Accounts Committee demands publication of Gateway reviews
10 Sep 2009

Hospital CIOs find local remedies for IT headaches

Health service IT leaders are finding their own solutions to shortcomings in the NHS National Programme for IT
03 Sep 2009

Opening NHS records to private suppliers

The case for involving the likes of Microsoft and Google in the NHS needs careful scrutiny
03 Sep 2009