Bradshaw: Courts must OK P2P disconnections
News Internet users who are suspected of unlawful file-sharing will not have their accounts suspended without a court order, culture secretary Ben Bradshaw has said. Bradshaw told the House of Commons culture, media and sport committee in a Tuesday...
[October 22, 2009, 17:15]
Gov't: Fujitsu missed 'key milestones' in NHS IT deal
News Health minister Ben Bradshaw said Fujitsu was unable to fulfil vital elements of its "core contract" to provide part of the £12.7bn National Programme for IT (NPfIT). In a written answer to parliament, Bradshaw disclosed that the project suffered...
[June 27, 2008, 9:12]
MP admits core NHS IT system has just 24 users
News Health minister Ben Bradshaw has acknowledged that, so far, just 24 people are using one of the core systems in the NHS National Programme for IT. Bradshaw said that the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Trust is making "limited clinical usage...
[December 18, 2008, 6:30]
New NPfIT minister announced
News Ben Bradshaw MP's new role as minister of state for health services was announced by the Department of Health (DoH) on Friday. MP for Exeter, Bradshaw joined the DoH in the government's recent reshuffle.
[July 23, 2007, 12:04]
NHS IT contractors to be paid £1.1bn extra
News Connecting for Health will now pay BT £1bn, 61 percent more than the original £620m, to provide the national Spine for the NHS National Programme for IT, following a contract reset in February this year, according to a parliamentary written answer...
[September 9, 2008, 13:41]
Ministers progress carbon neutrality plan
News Health minister Ben Bradshaw said the Department of Health plans to reduce emissions by 40 percent, then achieve carbon neutrality by 2012, as part of its sustainable development action plan. Bradshaw added that the department has already...
[May 13, 2009, 14:16]
Connecting for Health spends well below budget
News On revenue, the agency's outturn was £507m, £100m less than the £607m budget, according to a parliamentary written answer from health minister Ben Bradshaw MP on 14 July, 2008. Bradshaw, who said the figures were subject to audit and may therefore...
[July 17, 2008, 16:26]
DWP punishes 20 staff for data-protection breaches
News On Monday, health minister Ben Bradshaw said that no departmental officials had been disciplined in the last two years, although figures were not available previously. Bradshaw added that similar data on NHS trusts has not previously been collected...
[June 4, 2008, 15:38]
Hospitals told to allow more mobile-phone use
News Health minister Ben Bradshaw said the changes would benefit patients by allowing them to keep in touch while in hospital. Hospitals have been told to allow more patients to use mobile phones on their wards.
[January 7, 2009, 7:24]
Mike O'Brien becomes NHS IT minister
News O'Brien has taken the job as part of the reshuffle that saw Ben Bradshaw, who previously acted in the role, promoted to the Cabinet to become culture secretary. Mike O'Brien, MP for Warwickshire North, has been appointed as minister of state for...
[June 10, 2009, 9:01]
NHS strikes £60m deal for online health portal
News Health minister Ben Bradshaw said in a statement: "This single site will make it easier for the public to find reliable health information quickly and will give relevant and accurate advice. The NHS has struck a £60m deal to provide an online...
[November 14, 2008, 7:43]
Government warning over hazardous IT waste
News With many businesses finding themselves hazardous waste producers for the first time, the full implications of the new controls may not be fully appreciated," said Ben Bradshaw, minister for local environment quality.
[June 24, 2005, 15:30]
Health committee chair backs database plans
News Health minister Ben Bradshaw added: "The disc was found. The chair of the Commons Health Select Committee has criticised the doctors campaigning against the development of the NHS electronic patient record system.
[February 28, 2008, 15:47]
Malware hits 8pc of Commons computers
News Health minister Ben Bradshaw said there were no instances of malware at the Department of Health, while ministers for the departments of transport, communities and local government and children, schools and families said they did not hold...
[May 21, 2009, 9:19]
IT costs snap up quarter of NHS budget
News But government health minister Ben Bradshaw told Parliament in a written answer that upgrading the national IT infrastructure was the most cost-effective option. The cost of upgrading NHS IT systems is now gobbling up a quarter of the health...
[June 10, 2008, 8:25]
Government admits over 850 laptops lost since 2002
News Minister Ben Bradshaw added that, since 2005, the department has marked all laptops with a forensic dye, with a high-visibility label to show this; laptop losses between 2005 and 2007 came to 29, compared with 57 for the two years previously.
[March 27, 2008, 16:01]
Gov't to crack down on file-sharers
Blog Update: Ben Bradshaw, secretary of state for the department of culture, media, and sport, has just presented a speech to parliament. Bradshaw said that the government wants next generation fixed broadband left to the market, but that "true...
[June 16, 2009, 15:15]
Global piracy offensive launched
News Ben Bradshaw, UK marine and fisheries minister, in a statement said: A global database of fishing boats is to be built in a bid to control the number of illegal fishing expeditions. The High Seas Task
[March 6, 2006, 9:05]
