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South Acute Programme approved

5 June 2013 2:37 PM

The outline business case for the South Acute Programme has been approved by HM Treasury and the first procurement is due to launch this summer.

Lincolnshire ‘steps back’ from Lorenzo

5 June 2013 12:00 AM

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has decided not to take CSC’s Lorenzo electronic patient record system under a deal between the Department of Health and the company.

Hunt talks up NHS IT projects in US

4 June 2013 4:23 PM

The government’s plan to sequence 100,000 human genomes and link these to electronic health records will be “as significant as the founding of the Internet”, health secretary Jeremy Hunt told a US audience yesterday.

Royal Berks connects with GPs

4 June 2013 12:00 AM

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is sending discharge letters to GPs across eight clinical commissioning groups using PCTI’s Electronic Document Transfer Hub.

Rotherham installs TPP in A&E

4 June 2013 12:00 AM

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust will install TPP’s SystmOne in A&E and is running a Meditech pilot to “re-engage” clinicians.

Hunt sells UK as global health tech hub

3 June 2013 1:03 PM

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt is selling the UK as a “global hub of health technology” at the Health Datapalooza conference in Washington today.

NHS managers reject Ofsted ratings

3 June 2013 1:03 PM

NHS managers have rejected the idea of ‘Ofsted-style ratings’ for hospitals – one of the government’s big planned responses to the Francis Inquiry into the scandal at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust.