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Granger: Rip and Replace Fears Unfounded

Fears of a wholesale rip and replace strategy to update NHS IT are unfounded and existing ‘legacy’ systems will continue
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GPC Chair Pledges Practices Will Retain Choice

Dr John Chisolm, chairman of the British Medical Association’s (BMA) General Practitioners Committee (GPC) has pledged to fight to defend
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“NHS Has Not Yet Dreamed of the Things IT Can Do” – Confed Chief

The NHS Confederation annual conference opens in Glasgow next week so E-Health Insider fixed an interview with its chief executive,
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Dedicated Website Launched For OOH Modernisation

The NHS out-of-hours (OOH) modernisation programme has set up a dedicated website offering policy and technical information and news updates.
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Twin Awards for NHS Numbers for Babies

The NHS Information Authority scooped two top prizes for the NHS Numbers of Babies (NN4B) service at the 2003 Government
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Granger says Failure will be Penalised

NHS IT Director General Richard Granger this week raised the ante for would-be suppliers to the National Programme for IT
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European Award for NHS Direct Online

Health advice and information portal, NHS Direct Online, was chosen as one of four winners of the first eEurope Awards
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Good Hope Hospital Buys Oasis PAS

Good Hope Hospital NHS Trust has signed a contract with Siemens Healthcare Services to provide it with a new Patient
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City Selects Doc@Home for Remote Monitoring Trial

City University, London, is to evaluate Doc@Home, a remote online clinical data gathering and healthcare management service provided by Docobo
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NHS IT Programme Enters ‘Heartlands’

The National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in the NHS has published a brief progress update, stating that ‘the heartlands of
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