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Scotland creates innovation portal

4 April 2014 12:00 AM

NHS National Services Scotland has developed an innovation portal to encourage the uptake and development of innovative technology products.

Royal Free signs with Cerner

4 April 2014 12:00 AM

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust has signed with Cerner to supply its electronic patient record system, application management and hosting services beyond the end of the trust’s national contract.

Unison moves towards pay ballot

3 April 2014 3:06 PM

Unison has agreed to put an emergency motion calling for a ballot on industrial action to its annual health conference, which will be held in Brighton in two weeks’ time.

HSCIC publishes data audit

3 April 2014 12:00 PM

The Health and Social Care Information Centre approved 459 data releases to 160 organisations between April and December last year, an audit report reveals.

Cabinet Office agrees one year XP deal

3 April 2014 11:59 AM

The government has signed a deal with Microsoft to provide Windows XP support and security updates for the entire public sector, including the NHS.

Plans for £230m GP IT spend released

3 April 2014 12:00 AM

NHS England has released its plans for how more than £230m in GP IT funding will be spent over the next year to ensure all practices across England have high-quality IT systems.

Patient Online accelerates

3 April 2014 12:00 AM

Around 25 accelerator sites and ten digital champions are being recruited as part of NHS England’s Patient Online programme to deliver online records access to patients within a year.