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17 March 2009

CfH terminates Fujitsu helpdesk contract

NHS Connecting for Health has terminated the service desk contract it had with Fujitsu because of performance problems. The First
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17 March 2009

Mid Staffs death rates – poor care not poor data

A trust that tried to blame high death rates on inadequate systems for recording patient data is to be condemned
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17 March 2009

Choose and stuck

Choose and Book usage is stuck at around 50%. Are there fundamental problems with the electronic booking system?
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17 March 2009

Laming – review IT for children’s services

The government must look at rolling out a single national IT system for children’s services because local IT systems are
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17 March 2009

MPs demand action on health inequalities

Better data to inform resource allocation and more evaluation of government policies are needed to tackle the widening gap in
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17 March 2009

QoF should tackle health inequalities – MPs

The Quality and Outcomes Framework needs radical revision to fully take account of health inequalities, according to MPs. A report
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17 March 2009

Hi-tech features in 150th CMO report

The chief medical officer’s annual report has highlighted the need for surgeons to be trained using simulation techniques. The report,
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17 March 2009

Scottish LMCs demand action on IT choice

Scottish GPs have strongly criticised the delay in procuring a choice of GP IT systems and called for funding for
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17 March 2009

Siemens buys i.s.h.med from T-Systems Austria

Siemens, SAP, and T-Systems Austria, have completed a deal that will see Siemens take over i.s.h.med software that it had
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