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NHS Computer Systems Take A Sickie
News NHS Connecting for Health (CFH), the agency responsible for health service IT, said services provided by CSC Alliance for the NHS in the North West and West Midlands had been affected since 10:00 (BST) on 30 July.
[August 1, 2006, 9:55]
NHS IT Chief Warns Against Local Budget Cuts
News The financial meltdown in some healthcare authorities across the country will not hit funding for the rollout of the £7bn Connecting for Health (CfH) modernisation programme, according to NHS IT director general Richard Granger.
[May 26, 2006, 9:50]
NHS IT Chief To Step Down
News Richard Granger will resign as chief executive of Connecting for Health (CfH), the part of the NHS which runs the National Programme for IT (NPfIT), "during the latter part of this year", CfH said on Saturday.
[June 18, 2007, 10:14]
Fujitsu Walks Away From NHS Contract
News Negotiations between NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) and Fujitsu broke down over how much it would cost to alter the systems it has been deploying in the south of England. A spokesman for CfH said: "Regrettably and despite best efforts by all...
[May 30, 2008, 9:26]
RFID To Be Used In Blood-tracking Trial
News NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) is looking to work with one or more trusts in England to pilot a national IT specification for blood tracking. As the specification was developed in a large teaching hospital, CfH wants to pilot it in a smaller, non...
[August 22, 2006, 16:45]
NHS Stalls Electronic Record System Rollout
News Connecting for Health (CfH), the NHS body responsible for delivering the £12.7bn overhaul of NHS IT including SCR, says the system will not be rolled out until an advisory group reviews any changes that are needed in light of the report.
[May 15, 2008, 10:00]
NHS Misses Data-encryption Target
News Many trusts will be unable to meet the local targets as set by strategic health authorities (SHAs) as they had been told not to begin the work until Connecting for Health (CfH), the body co-ordinating NHS IT, procured an encryption package, which...
[June 25, 2008, 9:01]
NHS IT Chief Resigns After Brief Tenure
News Swindells only took the role at the end of January, following the resignation of Richard Granger as chief executive of Connecting for Health (CfH), the part of the NHS which runs NPfIT. Swindells's departure comes at a critical time for the project...
[April 15, 2008, 13:26]
Fujitsu Seeks Payment For NHS IT Work
News The claim has been made through an arbitration process within the supplier's contract with NHS Connecting for Health (CfH). Fujitsu Services has sent a procedure initiation notice to NHS CfH as the first step in the process established by the...
[September 2, 2008, 8:17]
Third Of GP Practices Adopt E-records System
News NHS technology agency Connecting For Health (CfH) said uptake of the GP2GP system since it was introduced last July has been fast, with two-thirds of surgeries with the necessary GP2GP-compliant technology now using it.
[February 28, 2008, 8:19]
Isle Of Man Snubs ISoft
News While the Isle of Man is located just 30 miles from British shores, it is not part of the UK, and so it is not obliged to follow the healthcare IT route offered by Connecting for Health (CfH), the NHS department responsible for NPfIT.
[March 23, 2007, 12:19]
NPfIT Doublespeak Of The Day
Blog Comment Does it, for example, include the additional costs to Trusts prevented from purchasing a system suitable for the needs of that Trust - or, indeed, for the costs of extending contracts for obsolete systems, while waiting for interminably delayed...
[March 8, 2007, 21:34]
Study Highlights NPfIT Concerns
News They are now under greater pressure to make savings, but have claimed that the solutions offered through Connecting for Health (CfH), the agency in charge of the programme, are often more expensive than market alternatives.
[May 17, 2007, 11:00]
Leaked Document Highlights NHS IT Flaws
News The report comes to light at a bad time for the NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) scheme, which last week saw massive systems failures in 80 hospitals. The Observer claims the document was written and sent from the computer of David Kwo, who last...
[August 7, 2006, 16:30]
NHS Addresses Euro Data-sharing Concerns
News Michael Walker, the director of digital information and health policy at Connecting for Health (CfH — the NHS department responsible for NPfIT), wrote to ZDNet UK on Tuesday insisting that, if it went ahead and the NHS opted in, the pilot would...
[February 7, 2007, 14:42]
NHS IT Leaving Doctors 'thoroughly Disillusioned'
News CfH still needs to conduct more conversations with patients and with the clinical community to order SCR parameters in more detail," Almeida added. Full implementation of the electronic Summary Care Record (SCR) system for recording patients...
[May 19, 2008, 9:01]
NHS IT Delays Cost Accenture £260m
News The company largely pointed the finger of blame at subcontractor iSoft for failing to deliver the clinical IT software on time but also cited higher than expected development and integration costs and lower demand for iSoft's GP software after the...
[April 3, 2006, 9:30]
Review Raises Doubts Over Plans For Key NHS Software
News One of the major concerns raised by Accenture and CSC in the report is that iSoft is building a generic solution that will require time-consuming and costly customisation to meet the needs of the Connecting for Health (CfH) NHS IT programme.
[August 22, 2006, 16:30]
Doctors Give NHS IT A Cautious Welcome
News A spokesperson for Connecting for Health (CfH) — the NHS department running the NPfIT — told ZDNet UK on Tuesday that CfH had "taken great steps to improve our efforts to win the 'hearts and minds' of doctors, nurses and other health professionals".
[February 20, 2007, 11:48]
Confusion Surrounds Granger's NHS Departure
News On announcing his decision to step down from his position running the National Programme for IT in the NHS and as chief executive of Connecting for Health (CfH) in June last year, Granger initially indicated he would leave in October last year.
[January 16, 2008, 11:19]
