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NHS e-record opt-out offered
News Trials of the NHS's controversial electronic patient record system will start in the spring — but patients will be allowed to opt-out of data sharing if they want to. The government has now announced that in the trial, patients will be able to see...
[December 19, 2006, 8:32]
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 IT problems
Blog Only last week Lord Warner was claiming NHS patients would be able to opt out of the massive new NPfIT database, but today the Guardian reports this to be absolute nonsense. Now, as a former worker for the NHS, I well understand the need for the...
[November 1, 2006, 11:59]
NHS IT debacle causes an irritation
Blog So the academic IT experts who wrote to the Government to call for an independent review of the wobbling National Programme for IT (NPfIT) are just "an irritant" to the NHS, they claim. If that is the NHS' view on 23 experts who are trying to aid...
[October 11, 2006, 17:45]
NHS Trust Chooses Dell as Long-Term Strategic Partner to Deliver Better Patient and Public Services
White Papers James Paget Healthcare NHS Trust needs to maintain a high-standard of patient care. To do so it must ensure that its technology infrastructure can fully support its day-today operations. With a high level of service and support, and a range of...
[November 3, 2008, 0:21]
NHS IT delays cost Accenture £260m
News The body in charge of the £6.2bn NHS IT project has called for "key personnel changes" at Accenture after the outsourcing company announced a $450m (£260m) loss on its health service contracts due to delays in hitting delivery deadlines.
[April 3, 2006, 9:30]
NHS software provider feeling sick
News Software developer iSoft is laying off ten percent of its staff and revising its accounts, in the wake of troubles with the multi-billion pound upgrade of the NHS IT system. The company is providing software for the NHS National Programme for IT...
[June 9, 2006, 16:25]
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 '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. In order to meet their costs, hospitals and other NHS facilities...
[May 30, 2006, 16:55]
NHS critical IT faults double in three years
News The number of severe faults in NHS computer systems has almost doubled over the past three years. Last year nationwide NHS computer systems suffered 820 severity-one or critical faults, up from 488 in 2006.
[February 3, 2009, 7:35]
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]
Expert: NHS virus outbreak was 'entirely avoidable'
News The infection of computer systems at Barts and The London NHS Trust was "entirely avoidable", according to a review carried out by an independent IT specialist for the hospitals. The Barts and The London NHS Trust report said that while some...
[January 29, 2009, 16:25]
NHS IT project told to improve or risk break-up
News Dr Vivienne Nathanson, head of science and ethics at the BMA, said in a statement: "With the UK deep in recession the government must ensure that Connecting for Health confronts the lessons of the past — the NHS IT project can't be paid for with a...
[January 28, 2009, 16:39]
NHS IT timescale questioned as iSoft CEO resigns
Talkback The NHS project is a dangerous weapon, potentially vulnerable to all the usual foul-ups & mis-entered data that have befallen all government IT projects. What a non surprise! One has to question why government seem to want all this data.
[June 19, 2006, 23:56]
NHS IT initiative on track, according to director
News The person leading the digitisation of the NHS in England has described its progress as "pretty much on track". Director general of the National Programme for IT in the NHS, Richard Granger, was speaking at the Improvement and Development Agency e...
[September 30, 2004, 15:30]
NHS Trust Cuts Software Deployment Costs With Update-Management Solution
White Papers Working with Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Eurodata, it chose to implement Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 under the NHS Enterprise Agreement with Microsoft. St Mary's wanted to centralise its software installation procedure to...
[April 26, 2008, 1:02]
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 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]
NHS addresses Euro data-sharing concerns
News The NHS has not yet decided whether it will take part in a large-scale pilot involving the sharing of confidential patient details between European countries. Michael Walker, the director of digital information and health policy at Connecting for...
[February 7, 2007, 14:42]
