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White Papers The Central and North West London Mental Health NHS Trust provides mental health services to the boroughs of Brent, Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster, and Harrow, with additional services provided in Ealing, Hounslow, Hammersmith & Fulham, and...
[December 2, 2008, 23:00]
A Year Ago: NHS computer network faces privacy danger
News The forthcoming encryption-based NHS communications network could soon provide a simple means for government agencies and others to gain access to confidential information about the British public, according to experts.
[November 27, 2000, 6:03]
NHS trust finds lost CDs holding 18,000 staff details
News A London NHS hospital trust has found four discs, containing 18,000 staff details, that had been thought lost. The discs were handed into the finance department of the Whittington Hospital NHS Trust last Friday after a letter was sent out to staff...
[September 26, 2008, 15:13]
NHS IT failures 'left babies unvaccinated'
News The NHS has defended Connecting for Health, its multi-billion pound IT upgrade, amid reports of problems that left thousands of babies at risk of infection. The Observer reported that as many as 3,000 children had not received important...
[February 27, 2006, 12:45]
NHS hits back at critics over IT delays
News The NHS has defended its multi-billion pound IT project, claiming that recent delays are the fault of companies it has contracted to provide software and services. In a statement released on Monday, NHS Connecting for Health, the body responsible...
[January 31, 2006, 16:35]
NHS renews Microsoft agreement
News Connecting for Health (CfH), the NHS national IT upgrade programme, has renewed its custom licence agreement with Microsoft covering the provision of desktop services over the next three years. The agreement provides Microsoft desktop software and...
[July 17, 2007, 13:41]
NHS to overhaul patient-record access
News The NHS is to overhaul the way staff access electronic medical records following concerns the existing system is unethical. Patients will now have to give permission every time NHS employees want to access their electronic Summary Care Records...
[September 22, 2008, 9:05]
NHS delays switch to Outlook
News The NHS has warned hundreds of thousands of staff that it has been forced to push back an email upgrade to next year. Due to start at the end of this month, the move from Mirapoint to Microsoft Exchange 2007 will mean NHS staff can access new...
[September 19, 2008, 9:01]
NHS trust loses 18,000 staff details
News A London NHS hospital trust has admitted to losing almost 18,000 staff details on four CDs. The payroll details were lost on 22 July while in transit between the salaries and wages department of Whittington Hospital NHS Trust and payroll company...
[September 17, 2008, 12:41]
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. Should that fail, we have a third-party resource present now in Chennai...
[June 15, 2007, 15:24]
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 touch screen terminals are also seen as an important step in the ongoing plans to modernise...
[October 18, 2000, 15:17]
NHS rolls out mammoth email system
News From Tuesday, staff in 10 NHS trusts will have access to NHSmail, a new email and directory service being rolled out across the entire organisation to replace the 7,000 different systems currently in use.
[December 10, 2002, 15:33]
NHS will switch to Outlook
News The NHS will be moving its internal email and directory system onto Microsoft Outlook, according to supplier Cable & Wireless. Around 260,000 NHS staff use NHSmail, which, although it is accessible from any internet-connected computer, is a secure...
[July 9, 2007, 16:48]
NHS to buy computers from Dixons
Blog According to ChannelWeb, the NHS is going to buy more than 60,000 PCs and laptops from Dell, HP and, er, DSGi, a.k.a.the Dixons Group (PC World, Currys etc). Frankly, it's Friday afternoon and I can't think of anything to say about this that isn't...
[August 15, 2008, 16:43]
NHS patient data 'insecure', says group
News An information policy think tank has called for the NHS to improve its safeguards on patient privacy, charging that the current system allows thousands of unauthorised people to gain access to patient information every year.
[February 5, 2003, 10:44]
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 starts desktop Linux tests
News The NHS is to begin trials of a desktop Linux software suite in a move it says could free up money for the frontline health service and save taxpayers millions of pounds. NHS director general of IT Richard Granger, said in a statement: "Our...
[December 8, 2003, 9:20]
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]
NHS loses thousands of smartcards
Blog The BBC reports that NHS staff have lost at least 4,147 of the cards, which give access to confidential patient records when inserted into health staff PCs. The NHS insists the risk to patient data is minimal, as the cards are a form of two-factor...
[February 6, 2008, 16:36]
NHS urged to make better use of tech
News The NHS is lagging behind other industries when it comes to using technology, according to an independent health think tank. The King's Fund says the NHS could do more to help members of the public access the care they require.
[October 27, 2008, 8:55]
