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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]
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]
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]
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 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]
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]
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]
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]
NHS denies privacy risk over smartcard sharing
News On Thursday, Connecting for Health (CfH) — the NHS department administering the IT overhaul (the National Programme for IT, or NPfIT) — issued a statement claiming that there was "no question of the confidentiality of patient data having been...
[February 2, 2007, 10:40]
Department of Health dismisses NHS IT blame
News It insisted that Connecting for Health (CfH) — the NHS department running NPfIT — had since acted on the NAO's recommendations. CfH also insisted that the programme was "delivering on time and on budget" and on track to meet its "broad targets".
[April 17, 2007, 14:17]
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 is the second high-profile NHS IT figure to leave...
[April 15, 2008, 13:26]
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]
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]
Academics meeting Granger to discuss NHS IT
News After the meeting has been held, NHS Connecting for Health — which Granger also chairs — "will report the proceedings", CfH said in a statement. NHS CFH remains confident that it will enable benefits to be delivered for patients whilst ensuring...
[April 20, 2006, 11:15]
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]
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]
Watchdog to launch further NHS IT inquiry
News That figure includes the £6.2bn for the main fixed-price IT contracts; £382m for new projects; £239m on additional services; and £1.9bn on other expenditure by NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) on centrally managed projects and services.
[September 6, 2006, 10:30]
NHS IT agency faces restructure
News He has been in the CfH role for less than nine months, having been appointed alongside Connelly in September last year to take the place of Richard Granger, former NHS director general of IT and head of CfH, who left in January 2008.
[June 25, 2009, 14:36]
NHS U-turn over deletion of patients' records
News But CfH said it will not apply to records which have been used because they may be needed in the future for legal purposes. Previously, CfH had intended that, while patients had the right of veto over the creation of a SCR, once it was set up it...
[May 27, 2009, 9:24]
Two NHS IT leaders appointed
News Bellamy will be the director of programme and system delivery, leading Connecting for Health (CfH), the agency in charge of the NHS National Programme for IT. Gordon Hextall is expected to continue in his role as chief operating officer at CfH.
[August 7, 2008, 16:13]
