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29 August 2003

Lockheed Martin Withdraws From National Programme

US technology giant, Lockheed Martin, has withdrawn from the procurement competitions being run by the NHS National Programme for IT
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21 August 2003

Kwo Aims to Make London World’s Best Health System

Everyone needs a goal. David Kwo, the man responsible for delivering 21st century IT to the NHS in London, certainly
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16 January 2003

Broadband Upgrade for NHSnet Signed

The NHS has signed a contract with BT and C&W to provide broadband upgrades to NHSnet, the NHS’s private data
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12 November 2002

Patient Communication Systems Launched

Bedside entertainment and communications systems for hospital patients have been officially launched at Kingston Hospitals NHS Trust. The wall-mounted patient
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28 August 2002

NHS 24 Roll-Out Reaches Aberdeen

Malcolm Chisholm, Scotland’s health minister, has confirmed that the roll-out of the NHS 24 , the Scottish version of the
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18 April 2002

Health IT Leaders Welcome Wanless

From being strictly a minority interest healthcare Information and Communication technology (ICT) has suddenly moved to centre stage in British
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21 March 2002

Switching on Lightbulb

Early birds who rose in time for an HC 2002 breakfast meeting were rewarded with an account of the preparatory
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14 March 2002

Government Urged to be Patient on Patient Records

The Government should accept that the 2005 target for electronic patient records will be missed and not be panicked into
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21 January 2002

BT to Deliver the Technology for Scotland’s NHS 24

NHS 24, the Scottish version of NHS Direct, has placed a £20.5m contract with BT to provide the telephone communications
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21 November 2001

IT Standardisation Difficult, but Vital

Achieving the “robust, flexible and standardised” NHS information system envisaged by health secretary, Alan Milburn, will be difficult while the
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