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Nursing council fined £150,000

15 February 2013 10:37 AM

The Nursing and Midwifery Council has been fined £150,000 for breaching the Data Protection Act.

Telehealth benefits realised

15 February 2013 12:00 AM

A Yorkshire project proves the cost benefits of telehealth, says a report on the scheme by think-tank 2020health.

Cabinet Office blocks Capita contract

15 February 2013 12:00 AM

The Cabinet Office has blocked the renewal of Capita’s contract to run NHS Choices.

SCR programme a ‘disgrace’

14 February 2013 3:04 PM

More than 22m summary care records exist, but have only been viewed 240,000 times, sparking high-level calls to scrap the records programme.

Trusts could lose contracts without EPR

14 February 2013 10:25 AM

The NHS Commissioning Board is drawing up plans designed to dramatically accelerate the adoption of electronic patient records by NHS hospital trusts.

Insourcing works for Brighton and Sussex

14 February 2013 12:00 AM

‘Insourcing’ services has helped Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust gain the upper hand in its development of IT, the trust’s director of health informatics says.

CSUs to spend £670m a year

14 February 2013 12:00 AM

The commissioning support units that will come into being on 1 April will spend around £700m a year on IT and other support services, according to a new report from EHI Intelligence.