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£260m Technology Fund details revealed

1 July 2013 2:22 PM

Trusts must apply by the end of this month for part of the £260m Safer Hospitals, Safer Wards Technology Fund; and money must be spent by March 2015.

Wireless access ‘essential’ – Kay

1 July 2013 11:05 AM

Junior doctors urgently need free access to wireless networks at work, NHS England’s clinical informatics director has said.

London framework winners announced

1 July 2013 12:00 AM

The winners of a massive London framework contract for an electronic patient record system, portal and hosting have been announced.

NHS Wales rolls out hosted GP IT

1 July 2013 12:00 AM

NHS Wales has started rolling out a centrally hosted IT service to its GPs, who have a choice of Emis Web or INPS’ Vision 360.

‘Empty plinth’ to fill at EHI Live 2013

1 July 2013 12:00 AM

EHI Live 2013 has an ‘empty plinth’ in its conference programme; like its famous counterpart in London’s Trafalgar Square, the occupants of the platform will be filled after public debate and discussion.

Trusts meet PACS exit deadline

1 July 2013 12:00 AM

England’s PACS transition programme was due to hit its first big deadline yesterday, with the successful exit of 84 trusts from their national picture archiving and communications system contracts.

NHS Direct cancels 111 contracts

28 June 2013 11:00 AM

NHS Direct has cancelled contracts to provide NHS 111 in North Essex and Cornwall and revealed that all of its 111 contracts are “financially unsustainable”.