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Government Web Site Puts Lives At Risk
News Potential emergencies may be overlooked by the NHS Direct system according to a survey published Tuesday by the Consumers' Association. Nurses manning NHS Direct were found incapable of listening properly to the patient's problem, being over...
[August 9, 2000, 7:10]
Heal Thyself Web Site Launched
News NHS Direct Online is the UK's first comprehensive gateway to health information on the Net and it is hoped it will provide advice to two-thirds of the country's population. There is no doubt that NHS Direct has saved lives.
[December 8, 1999, 10:32]
NHS Launches Online Kiosks
News The kiosks are intended to allow people who are not connected to the Internet to access information on the government's flagship NHS Direct Web site. The new NHS Direct information points will give the public greater information about how they can...
[October 18, 2000, 15:17]
Government Considering Online Crime Reports
News The kiosks give people direct access to health information via the NHS Direct Web site. The NHS kickstarted the trend of putting public services online by installing Internet kiosks around the UK last October.
[January 12, 2001, 7:41]
Government 'must Make Leap To Broadband'
News Since last summer Telewest subscribers have been able to talk to a NHS Direct nurse via their telephone and see the nurse on their television at the same time. Telewest recently launched a health service on its broadband network in partnership with...
[March 1, 2002, 6:31]
2000 Roundup: August Is Hot For Health
News In the same month, the finger was pointed at government service NHS Direct, widely hailed as Tony Blair's first step towards the rollout of his e-government venture. The Consumers Association said that NHS Direct was overlooking potential emergencies.
[January 1, 2001, 6:17]
NHS Launches Revamped Web Site
News For those without internet access, the site's information is also available via the NHS Direct telephone service. The NHS has redesigned its main Web site, it was announced on 14 July, 2004. The site is now serves as a "gateway" for the health...
[July 14, 2004, 16:25]
NHS IT Timescale Questioned As ISoft CEO Resigns
News Much of the "negative speculation and comment" referred to by Whiston stems from iSoft’s sluggish progress in delivering on the NHS’s Connecting For Health programme. But insiders claim that the delivery targets agreed between iSoft and the NHS...
[June 15, 2006, 9:40]
NHS IT Rollout 'needs Proper Evaluation'
News Poor evaluation of the IT services and infrastructure being rolled out across the NHS risks undermining support for Whitehall's unprecedented levels of spending on the programme, according to research published on Tuesday.
[July 27, 2004, 14:35]
XML As An Engine Of Change In Healthcare
White Papers This paper takes forward some initial research on the relationship between attitudes and technology in the context of leading edge administrative applications within the UK National Health Service (NHS).
[April 29, 2005, 0:00]
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. Matthew Swindells, currently on secondment from the NHS, will act as the interim chief information officer.
[February 8, 2008, 8:10]
IT Revamp Saves Council £5m
News The council says it will also enable it to explore the potential for shared services with other local authorities and statutory partners, including the police and NHS Scotland. The City of Edinburgh Council has reported savings of £5m in direct IT...
[September 3, 2007, 13:44]
Government Starts 'rationalisation' Of IT Systems
News Agencies covered include: the NHS Purchasing and Supplies Authority, the NHS Information Authority, NHS Direct and the NHS Modernisation Agency. The UK government is to cut more than 5,000 jobs from NHS agencies and "rationalise" back-office IT...
[May 21, 2004, 12:30]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog But seeing as we had correctly diagnosed the chap's condition (via NHS Direct and other online resources), had access to tons of information about the drug and could clearly demonstrate that we knew about potential side effects, contra-indications...
[January 9, 2004, 15:40]
Government IT Stuck In Post-election Limbo
News Ministerial responsibility for key areas such as the eGovernment Unit, the NHS IT programme, local e-government and ID cards is yet to be finalised, with Tony Blair due to complete his reshuffle with a series of junior appointments on 9 May, 2005.
[May 9, 2005, 16:50]
UK Government Trials Desktop Linux
News The OGC deal follows on from the NHS announcing on Friday that it will trial JDS as a Microsoft alternative that could save taxpayers "millions" of pounds if it was rolled out across almost a million desktops in the health service.
[December 10, 2003, 13:05]
Shortlists For CNET Tech Awards Unveiled
News Richard Granger — NHS Digital Payments — Direct Top-Up eCourier — eCourier.co.uk iPass - iPass Corporate Access Liverpool Direct — Comino EDM & workflow solution, utilising Kodak scanning technology
[July 7, 2006, 15:35]
Brown Won't Tamper With Government IT
News Ovum said it expected Brown to implement no change in the NHS's National Programme for IT, because it is starting to demonstrate some success. As chancellor, Brown pretty much helped to direct all investments in the last 10 years anyway — they had...
[June 29, 2007, 7:44]
Health Gets More Clicks Than Porn On The Web
News As the Consumers' Association questions whether the government's flagship health hotline NHS Direct, is putting lives at risk by supplying inconsistent advice, the medical industry is concerned that patients are getting a raw deal from online...
[August 8, 2000, 13:23]
DTI Announces Cyber Post Office Scheme
News The "one stop shops" will offer benefits, welfare and citizens advice through the Internet and appointments with trained staff, as well as access to online services such as NHS Direct. Post Offices in Leicestershire will go cyber next year with the...
[December 2, 2000, 6:15]
