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CommentBeware the spin as politics meets IT
IT professionals should make sure political IT promises are questioned 09 Jul 2009
NewsTwo-thirds of organisations hit by data breach in last year
Public sector and financial services the biggest culprits 08 Jul 2009
NewsTories look to web-based health records
Tory sources reaffirm David Cameron's enthusiasm for records held on Google and Microsoft services 06 Jul 2009
Slow uptake of technology in NHS "harming patient safety"
MPs want to see greater focus on key IT initiatives 03 Jul 2009
Reviews show NHS IT did not heed warnings
National Programme for IT suffers from issues detected when it began 25 Jun 2009
Unheeded warnings highlight NHS flaws
Publication of Gateway reviews highlights persistent warnings of problems 25 Jun 2009
NHS IT re-organised again
Connecting for Health may disappear altogether after its head moves to deliver the government cloud computing strategy 24 Jun 2009
NHS was warned over BT performance in London four years ago
Gateway review reveals widespread concerns over BT's delivery of care records system that later led to major delays and £1.2bn write-off at the supplier 22 Jun 2009
NHS IT Gateway reviews published
OGC and NHS publish 31 reviews of programme in surprise move 19 Jun 2009
£600m government IT services deals up for grabs
Up to 10 suppliers could be chosen to provide services across the public sector 16 Jun 2009
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again
Should we assume that IT projects will always suffer problems? 11 Jun 2009
Government IT roles get reshuffled
But appointment of minister for digital engagement put on hold 10 Jun 2009
BT receives £500m windfall from NHS
BT's payments for patient records systems increases by 50 per cent after taking on additional work in the south of England region 03 Jun 2009
NHS Scotland loses patients' medical history data
Community workers owned up to loss of USB memory stick 01 Jun 2009
NHS warned again over lax data security
Information Commissioner writes to Department of Health demanding improvements in public sector's "worst offender" 27 May 2009
NHS backtracks on deleting electronic medical records
Change of policy will allow patients to request removal from Summary Care Records system 26 May 2009
Privacy watchdog concerned over electronic health records
New data loss highlights vulnerability of digital records 07 May 2009
Patient data loss forces Trusts to adopt encryption
Trusts agree to encrypt mobile devices and prevent unauthorise downloading 30 Apr 2009
NHS email moves to Microsoft Exchange
New system promises to provide more secure transfer of patient data 29 Apr 2009
NHS IT suppliers given seven months to get it right
Department of Health CIO sets deadline for BT and CSC to make progress on care records system 28 Apr 2009
Research to tackle digital challenges for rural communities
University of Aberdeen receives £12m to focus on how technology advances could transform rural business 24 Apr 2009
BT wins more NHS IT deals
Supplier will support care records in a further four hospitals and 25 mental and community health sites in the Southern region 23 Apr 2009
BT shares fall on news of expected write-downs
Reports suggest National Programme for IT contract among the most troublesome 14 Apr 2009
NHS trusts not allowed to seek alternative patient record systems
Department of Health rejects MPs calls for six-month deadline on rollout of summary care records 14 Apr 2009
BT wins new IT deals for NHS hospitals
More details of the contract are due to be announced next week 03 Apr 2009
NHS IT scheme underspends for fourth year running
Only £586m of £917m budget spent in 2008-2009 02 Apr 2009
Interview: Martin Bellamy, head of NHS Connecting for Health
The man in charge of the NHS National Programme for IT reveals his goals for the future of the £12.7bn project 30 Mar 2009
Politics to blame for government IT blunders, say MPs
Lack of IT engineering advice means political pressures causing bad decisions on IT projects, says Commons committee report 27 Mar 2009
Government may publish NHS IT project reviews
Publishing of ID cards reviews leads to re-examination of confidentiality policy 27 Mar 2009
Data sharing plans face further scrutiny
Resistance to legal moves to ease data sharing across the public sector is increasing both inside and outside parliament, but the government is refusing to back down 26 Mar 2009
Patients can now opt out of NHS e-records by post
Previously a visit to GP surgery was required to opt-out of scheme 23 Mar 2009
Information-sharing tool aims to boost cancer fight
Cancer Commissioning Tool should help health planners improve cancer strategies 20 Mar 2009
Making the case for mobile assistants in the NHS
Barbara Stuttle, national clinical lead for nursing at Connecting for Health, is an evangelist of Mobile Clinical Assisstants 26 Feb 2009
Nurses care for new IT
The mobile clinical assistant could revolutionise patient care by decreasing administrative errors and freeing up nurses 25 Feb 2009
University College Hospital overhauls communications
Azzurri contract will see NHS trust move to managed service for IP telephony 24 Feb 2009
Hospital boss apologises for NHS IT problems
Staff have been caused "heartache" and hospital has lost £10m due to botched rollout of summary care records 13 Feb 2009
BT warns of further financial problems at Global Services arm
A £336m hit in the third quarter is likely to be followed by another substantial one-off charge due to contract problems at IT services division 12 Feb 2009
NHS Choose and Book contract extended
Atos Origin will continue to run electronic appointment booking service 11 Feb 2009
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