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£7bn NHS e-records plan faces failure, says watchdog

...of care records systems to be deployedPhoto: Shutterstock A troubled £6.95bn NHS IT project will not achieve its aim of creating an electronic health... Read more

18 May, 2011 by Nick Heath

NHS patient records: Key trust drops flagship scheme

...rollout of the Lorenzo system, last year in a press briefing about NHS IT projects, DoH CIO Christine Connelly said CSC had to deploy Lorenzo... Read more

18 April, 2011 by Nick Heath

No clean bill of health for £3bn NHS patient record project

Health trust 'not happy about the level of functionality delivered'... Read more

27 September, 2011 by Nick Heath

NHS: Electronic medical records get green light

Department of Health resumes process of getting patient permissions for Summary Care Records... Read more

4 April, 2011 by Nick Heath

NHS IT revamp: Coalition wields £700m scalpel

...to the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) - the multibillion pound revamp of NHS IT started by the Labour government back in 2002. £200m of the... Read more

9 September, 2010 by Nick Heath

NHS IT revamp destined for major surgery

...IT The government has signalled that the £12.7bn programme to revamp NHS IT may be in line for a shake-up. The National Programme... Read more

13 July, 2010 by Nick Heath

NHS IT: Patient records deal faces £764m cutback

Patient records programme could shrink to £2.1bn... Read more

16 June, 2011 by Nick Heath

NHS IT: DoH considers terminating multibillion-pound contract

CSC's failure to deliver computer system on time triggers review... Read more

14 February, 2011 by Nick Heath

DoH CIO warns on cost of scrapping e-records project

Christine Connelly spells out financial risks to the public accounts committee… Read more

24 May, 2011 by Nick Heath

NHS not ready for information revolution

Rocky road ahead for plans to shake up healthcare IT, say doctors and tech groups... Read more

25 January, 2011 by Nick Heath

Cabinet Office calls for reprieve on NHS IT projects

...to give more time to two of the projects in its struggling NHS IT framework Read more

27 September, 2011 by Mark Say

NHS IT project faces 'acceleration of dismantling

...The government has said that a failing major NHS IT project will be 'dismantled', after a third review of the project... Read more

22 September, 2011 by Tom Espiner

NHS IT chief Connelly quits ahead of reorganisation

...from 1 July. For more on this ZDNet UK-selected story, see NHS IT revamp in temporary hands as DoH CIO Connelly quits on silicon... Read more

23 June, 2011 by Shelley Portet

BT dominates NHS IT spending

...BT seems to have cemented its dominance of NHS IT, according to new spending data from the Department of Health. The... Read more

22 November, 2010 by Kable

NHS IT software cuts create gaps in licensing upgrades

...savings," he said. For more on this ZDNet UK-selected story, see NHS IT staff feel the squeeze on software costs on silicon.com Read more

6 October, 2010 by Nick Heath

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