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NHS England puts IT in five year plans

NHS England has issued draft planning guidance for 2014-15, calling for action on the NHS Number, progress on the digital
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GP Challenge Fund opens for bids

A £50m Challenge Fund for GPs to extend patient access through services such as extended opening hours and greater use
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Colchester told to invest in cancer IT

A report on cancer services at Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust has discovered that it purchased a specialist cancer
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Heatherwood reduces DNAs by two-way text

Heatherwood and Wexam Park Hospitals NHS Trust has implemented an SMS booking system to make it easier for patients to
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Health IT apprenticeship launched

The City of Liverpool College and Health Academy North West have launched a health informatics cadet apprenticeship.
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Rising star: Santa Claus

EHI editor Jon Hoeksma talks to NHS England’s latest recruit.
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South trusts tender for EDM and portal

A group of three Southern acute trusts has gone out to tender for an electronic document management system and a
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London trust plans massive IT upgrade

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust has awarded a seven-year £56m infrastructure contract to CGI.
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Joe’s view: All I want for Christmas

A Christmas Eve misunderstanding once led Joe McDonald to thump someone with a Tracey Island. He doesn’t want similar problems
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Special report: security

Dame Fiona Caldicott’s second review of information governance will need some nuts and bolts IT work to implement, Fiona Barr
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