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NHS IT project faces 'acceleration of dismantling'

...major reports. Photo credit: comedy_nose/Flickr The National Programme for IT (NPfIT) will face "an acceleration of... dismantling", following a negative review by Cabinet... Read more

22 September, 2011 by Tom Espiner

NHS IT will fail to deliver care records, says NAO

...initial date for the introduction of the NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT) was 2010. The report found that failings in the implementation mean that... Read more

18 May, 2011 by Tom Espiner

NHS may revive 'unworkable' Lorenzo system

...summer, was a major plank of the disastrous National Programme for IT (NPfIT). In December CSC said it expected to lose $1.5bn (£900,000... Read more

7 March, 2012 by Tom Espiner

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

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

3 August, 2011 by Tom Espiner

CSC contracts could cost NHS more to cancel than keep

...Office (NAO) report into NHS spending on the National Programme for IT (NPfIT). The report, published on Wednesday, found that electronic patient care records will... Read more

24 May, 2011 by Tom Espiner

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

...the programme: "We do think the investment made so far in the NPfIT will potentially deliver value for money now that we have a more... Read more

18 May, 2011 by Nick Heath

CSC to buy troubled iSoft Group

...Group, CSC will become even more prominent among National Programme for IT (NPfIT) suppliers. However, its future in that capacity is uncertain due to delays... Read more

4 April, 2011 by David Meyer

BT dominates NHS IT spending

...period CSC, the other main supplier to the National Programme for IT (NPfIT), received £45.4m from the Department of Health (DoH). That means BT... Read more

22 November, 2010 by Kable

NHS IT restructured in bid for savings

...save £700m. Responsibility for applications delivered under the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) will be decentralised and devolved to local NHS strategic health authorities, the... Read more

9 September, 2010 by Tom Espiner

BT dominates Connecting for Health supplier spending

...Connecting for Health (CfH), which runs both the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) and legacy services from its predecessor, the NHS Information Authority. BT is... Read more

9 September, 2010 by Kable

NHS IT spending tops £1.6bn

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

2 July, 2010 by Kable

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 IT revamp: Coalition wields £700m scalpel

...CSC's contract forms part of £700m of fresh cuts to the NPfIT to the programme announced by Burns today. Taken together with £600m of... Read more

9 September, 2010 by Nick Heath

NHS IT revamp in temporary hands as DoH CIO Connelly quits

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

22 June, 2011 by Shelley Portet

NHS patient records project faces axe, says Cameron

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

13 May, 2011 by Nick Heath

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