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Department of Health dismisses NHS IT blame
News The Department of Health has hit back at a parliamentary report that criticises the NHS's multi-billion pound IT upgrade, claiming the analysis is out of date. The Department of Health was quick to retort, noting that the PAC report was based on a...
[April 17, 2007, 14:17]
Department of Health beats MoD for device losses
News At the Department of Health, the loss or theft of IT equipment appears to be falling. Total losses or thefts of IT equipment from the Department of Health reached a high of 102 items in 2000-01 but, in 2007-08, fell to just 35.
[November 26, 2008, 10:20]
Nova Scotia Department of Health Secures Funding With Evidence-Based Decision Making
White Papers The challenge was to the Continuing Care Branch of the Nova Scotia Department of Health that needed modeling and analysis capabilities to accurately determine the funding requirements for its long-term bed care facilities.
[September 19, 2009, 1:22]
NHS IT chief resigns after brief tenure
News Matthew Swindells, chief information officer for the Department of Health (DoH), was one of the key figures overseeing the National Programme for IT (NPfIT). Matthew Swindells will shortly leave the department.to take up an external appointment...
[April 15, 2008, 13:26]
Government silent on Wi-Fi radiation claims
News The Department of Health appears to have been wrong-footed by an MP who called for an investigation into whether Wi-Fi networks pose a danger to health. Dr Ian Gibson, former chairman of the Commons Science and Technology Committee, last week...
[November 29, 2006, 13:03]
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]
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. It sees him take over responsibility for Connecting for Health and the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) from Lord Philip...
[July 23, 2007, 12:04]
DoH: Granger has stepped down from NHS
News The Department of Health has confirmed that Richard Granger has left his post as director general of the NHS National Programme for IT. The first is a chief information officer for health, who will "focus on the delivering our overall IT vision".
[February 8, 2008, 8:10]
Government plans key role for IT in health services
News The Department of Health (DoH) has announced a new information sharing initiative to support the overhaul of childcare in the UK. Ministers have suggested that digital TV and text message services could be used under the strategy in order to give...
[September 16, 2004, 16:05]
Gov't departments deny memory-stick risks
News In a report on 12 January, 2008, the Financial Times said that information obtained under the Freedom of Information Act and passed to the newspaper shows the Department of Health and the Department for Transport are still allowing employees to...
[January 13, 2009, 11:45]
Atos Origin suspended from NHS contract
News Atos Origin has insisted it will continue to work with the Department of Health and the NHS despite the suspension of a key health service contract. Atos Origin, the Department for Health and the NHS] continue to work together in preparation for...
[April 13, 2007, 15:11]
Two NHS IT leaders appointed
News The Department of Health (DoH) said Connelly will be the first chief information officer for health. Bellamy will be the director of programme and system delivery, leading Connecting for Health (CfH), the agency in charge of the NHS National...
[August 7, 2008, 16:13]
Microsoft wins £500m NHS contract
News Microsoft has won a nine-year contract, worth an estimated £500m, to put its software on 900,000 National Health Service computers, the Department of Health announced today. The nine-year contract, which includes breakpoints at three-year intervals...
[November 3, 2004, 11:08]
Minister: NHS must take tech risks
News Cutbacks in technology spending are the wrong remedy for the NHS in an economic downturn, according a junior minister at the Department of Health. Ken Lunn, NHS Connecting for Health's director of data standards and products, said earlier in June...
[June 19, 2009, 14:46]
NHS IT project costs soar
News But the Department of Health has now said that it will actually cost between three and five times as much -- suggesting the final bill could top £30bn, according to reports. The Department of Health was prompted into its revelation by a report in...
[October 12, 2004, 9:40]
Gov't departments hike spending on IT upgrades
News The Department for Transport; the Department for Children, Schools and Families; the Department of Health; and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport collectively spent £59.4m on IT upgrades in 2007-08, compared with £42.2m in 2006-07.
[November 3, 2008, 8:35]
Healthcare IS Team Automates Policy Management for $145,000 Cost Savings
White Papers When attempting to respond to user needs, members of the Information Systems department for Indiana healthcare provider Clarian Health had no single place to look for applicable policies and procedures.
[February 17, 2007, 0:00]
Amazon strengthens ties with Drugstore.com
News Amazon.com has expanded a deal with Drugstore.com to establish a health and personal care department on its Web site, as the e-tail giant continues to add to its array of consumer products. That site is being replaced with the new health and...
[December 19, 2003, 10:05]
Defra running 13 projects worth £289m
News Separately, the department also lists a Common Agricultural Policy Health Check Implementation Programme costing £25.3m. The Department of Health and its agencies have a much a larger headline total — but only because of Connecting for Health's...
[November 17, 2008, 17:04]
Government starts 'rationalisation' of IT systems
News In addition to the latest cuts, the Department of Health (DoH) has already announced that it will lose 1,400 posts. The Department of Health is leading the way and we have already announced that we are cutting the number of civil servants by 38...
[May 21, 2004, 12:30]
