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NHS may revive 'unworkable' Lorenzo system

...unworkable' by MPs last summer, was a major plank of the disastrous National Programme for IT (NPfIT). In December CSC said it expected to lose... Read more

7 March, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Investors sue CSC over NPfIT

...fraudulent claims, both about its ability to deliver its part of the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) NHS project, and about its financial performance. A... Read more

5 October, 2011

Cabinet Office calls for reprieve on NHS IT projects

...The recommendations are within the MPA's assessment review of the NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT), which has been made available on the Cabinet... Read more

27 September, 2011 by Mark Say

NHS IT project faces 'acceleration of dismantling'

...being slated in three major reports. Photo credit: comedy_nose/Flickr The National Programme for IT (NPfIT) will face "an acceleration of... dismantling", following a... Read more

22 September, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Nearly £500m up in smoke: Four failures that wrecked another gov't IT project

...approach also dogged the government's attempt to overhaul NHS IT - the National Programme for IT (NPfIT). Failure 2: Rushing in without proper checks and... Read more

20 September, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

£2.7bn NHS records system is 'unworkable', says PAC

...series of reports to determine whether to continue with the NHS's National Programme for IT (NPfIT). The National Audit Office reported in May that... Read more

3 August, 2011 by Tom Espiner

CSC contracts could cost NHS more to cancel than keep

...a damning National Audit Office (NAO) report into NHS spending on the National Programme for IT (NPfIT). The report, published on Wednesday, found that electronic... Read more

24 May, 2011 by Tom Espiner

NHS IT will fail to deliver care records, says NAO

...not be achieved. The initial date for the introduction of the NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT) was 2010. The report found that failings in... Read more

18 May, 2011 by Tom Espiner

CSC to buy troubled iSoft Group

...sale. By buying iSoft Group, CSC will become even more prominent among National Programme for IT (NPfIT) suppliers. However, its future in that capacity is... Read more

4 April, 2011 by David Meyer

BT dominates NHS IT spending

...Friday. Over the same period CSC, the other main supplier to the National Programme for IT (NPfIT), received £45.4m from the Department of Health... Read more

22 November, 2010 by Kable

NHS IT restructured in bid for savings

...in a move to save £700m. Responsibility for applications delivered under the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) will be decentralised and devolved to local NHS... Read more

9 September, 2010 by Tom Espiner

BT dominates Connecting for Health supplier spending

...the largest supplier to Connecting for Health (CfH), which runs both the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) and legacy services from its predecessor, the NHS... Read more

9 September, 2010 by Kable

NHS IT spending tops £1.6bn

...on IT investment. It was also revealed that DoH spending on the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in 2008-09 amounted to over £1bn. When... Read more

2 July, 2010 by Kable

NHS IT revamp in temporary hands as DoH CIO Connelly quits

...sector. Connelly is best known for taking over stewardship of the ongoing National Programme for IT (NPfIT), the multibillion-pound scheme to overhaul technology in... Read more

22 June, 2011 by Shelley Portet

NHS patient records project faces axe, says Cameron

...is one of a series of IT projects that fall under the National Programme for IT (NPfIT). Cameron said no revised contract would be signed... Read more

13 May, 2011 by Nick Heath

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