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Granger says NHS chief exec fully backs NPfIT

NHS IT director-general Richard Granger claimed this week that the service’s acting chief executive Sir Ian Carruthers is fully behind the programme and the
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GP lead warns on political perils

Connecting for Health GP clinical lead, Dr Gillian Braunold, has challenged colleagues to keep arguments about the minutiae of IT
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Birmingham Women’s goes live with iPM

Birmingham Women’s Health Care NHS Trust has gone live with a new NHS Connecting for Health patient administration system provided
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MPs call for review of NHS IT programme costs

Tim Farron, Liberal Democrat MP for Westmoreland & Lonsdale, has stepped up his campaign for an independent review of the
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Data Management – Special report

The NHS is embarking on its biggest data migration exercise ever, moving data from systems that have been in use
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Avon unconvinced on Choose and Book

A local medical committee representing GPs with one of the lowest take-up rates for Choose and Book in England says
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GP leads reject consent plan for care records

The national representative body of GPs has decided to reject Connecting for Health’s (CfH) modified plan for the summary care record
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Two trusts to use new Eclipse maternity system

Bradford Teaching Hospitals and Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trusts are poised to start implementing a new maternity information system which brings
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Digital hospital

EHI looks at how a futuristic hospital in Norway can show what benefits an integrated approach to communications can bring
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Heart of England procures independently on PACS

Heart of England Foundation NHS Trust in Birmingham has gone outside the nationally negotiated NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) contract
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