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Lib Dems would scrap NHS National IT Programme
Blog Just watching the Lib Dem's conference on BBC Parliament and Norman Lamb, Libe Dem's Health spokesman, has just laid into the NHS National Programme for IT. Who would trust this government with a national database of health records," he said.
[September 15, 2008, 16:53]
Fujitsu seeks payment for NHS IT work
News Fujitsu Services has submitted a claim for payment to the NHS, following its sacking in May from the National Programme for IT. CfH terminated Fujitsu's contract as local service provider to the NHS National Programme for IT in the south of England...
[September 2, 2008, 8:17]
NPfIT to go local by August
News A top official of the NHS National Programme for IT has said the switch to more local responsibility should be largely complete by August. Richard Jeavons, director of IT service implementation at Connecting for Health (CfH), said a number of key...
[June 15, 2007, 17:25]
NHS witholds BT payment
News The NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT) is holding back almost a third of the initial payments due to its main supplier BT, it confirmed on Tuesday. However this should be seen in the context of much early success in the national programme, which...
[October 5, 2004, 16:10]
NHS and EDS separate 'without blame'
News The NHS National Programme for IT and EDS have agreed to part ways on the NHS email and directory service project, with Cable and Wireless picking up the contract. The NHS and EDS separation has taken place "without any attribution of blame to...
[July 13, 2004, 17:25]
NHS chief promises delivery of Lorenzo
News Richard Granger, director general of NHS IT, has assured MPs that a core information-exchange system for the National Programme for IT will be available to hospitals next year. Granger told a Parliamentary Health Select Committee hearing on the...
[June 15, 2007, 15:24]
Health trust ditches NHS e-record scheme
News A health trust serving more than 500,000 people said it has pulled out of the national NHS IT electronic care-record programme because it has lost confidence in the project following the departure of key supplier Fujitsu.
[July 23, 2008, 9:09]
NHS report hails NPfIT milestones
News The first quarter of 2007-08 witnessed several milestones for the National Programme for IT, says a report from the NHS. The report claims that the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) local ownership programme (NLOP) has already given strategic...
[September 3, 2007, 14:54]
Summary care records open to receptionists
News Administrative staff will have access to the confidential summary care records, under rules for the NHS National Programme for IT. Paul Cundy, a member of the British Medical Association's IT committee, told BBC Radio Four's Today programme that...
[March 4, 2008, 13:05]
NHS IT chief to step down
News The head of the controversial £12bn NHS IT modernisation project, the National Programme for IT, is to leave his post. Richard Granger will resign as chief executive of Connecting for Health (CfH), the part of the NHS which runs the National...
[June 18, 2007, 10:14]
Lib Dems urge immediate halt to NPfIT
News The Liberal Democrat shadow health secretary Norman Lamb has called for an immediate end to further spending on the NHS National Programme for IT. And it's goodbye to the National IT programme, which has and will waste billions of pounds," Lamb...
[September 17, 2008, 10:54]
NHS IT problems cost hospital over £7m
News The Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust has lost £7.2m because of problems implementing National Programme for IT patient-administration software. The system is being installed by BT as part of the NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT) and went live at...
[November 11, 2008, 6:30]
NHS IT leaving doctors 'thoroughly disillusioned'
News An unachievable timetable for electronic patient records has damaged confidence in the National Programme for IT, according to the National Audit Office. The National Audit Office (NAO) has published a report that includes some sharp criticisms of...
[May 19, 2008, 9:01]
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]
Doctors give NHS IT a cautious welcome
News Two-thirds of UK doctors are confident that the National Programme for IT will make a positive change to the NHS, a survey has found. Asked if they were sceptical that the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) would "make a positive change", 66 percent...
[February 20, 2007, 11:48]
Doctors losing faith in NHS IT
News The latest Medix survey shows that doctors' support for the NHS's National Programme for IT is falling, despite a general enthusiasm for new IT. Doctors' support for the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) is waning and they are becoming increasingly...
[November 26, 2007, 15:08]
Six deals done for NHS IT
News Six IT suppliers have agreed pricing structures for business with the NHS, the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) announced on Thursday. The arrangements are a further example of how the National Programme for IT is gaining benefits for the taxpayer...
[August 12, 2004, 16:40]
NHS IT 'still on budget', but not at £6.2bn
News A government minister sparked controversy today when he was quoted as claiming that the NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT) was likely to cost more than twice its budgeted £6.2bn. Lord Warner told the FT that he made his comments to address...
[May 30, 2006, 16:55]
Parliamentary report urges action on NPfIT
News The success of the NHS National Programme for IT is precarious, with key projects running late and suppliers struggling to deliver, according to a long-awaited report from Parliament's influential Public Accounts Committee.
[April 17, 2007, 10:17]
Rollout of NHS e-record software faces more delays
News Further delays have beset the implementation of a key feature of the NHS National Programme for IT. This is at odds with a National Audit Office report released on 16 May, which said the implementation of electronic care records, the core of the...
[May 22, 2008, 9:27]
