Cuts

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16 February 2010

Irish hospital group cuts DNAs by text

St Vincent Hospital Group in Dublin has reduced its did-not-attend rate by 30% after implementing a messaging system that notifies
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10 February 2010

Lorenzo ‘will stop at Release 2’

CSC may only deliver the first two releases of Lorenzo, the electronic patient record system being deployed across the North,
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10 February 2010

NME at the gate

Sarah Bruce surveys the state of the National Programme for IT in the NHS in the North, Midlands and East
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4 February 2010

Expert view: Paul Michaels

The director of consulting at Metri UK considers how to make cuts sensibly and what role outsourcing IT services can
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20 January 2010

NHS Oldham cuts power and carbon costs

NHS Oldham has announced that it expects to save £41,000 from its annual energy costs thanks to energy efficient IT
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18 January 2010

£40m NPfIT legal bills revealed

Almost £40m has been paid to two law firms for legal and commercial support for the National Programme for IT
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14 January 2010

CSC launches products outside NPfIT

CSC has launched new clinical information portal and patient record products, which it plans to sell directly to NHS organisations.
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8 January 2010

No budget for NPfIT agreed post March

No budget for the NHS National Programme for IT has yet been agreed after the end of March, now less
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4 January 2010

Pedometer use cuts diabetes risk

Using a pedometer as part of a structured education programme could reduce the chances of developing Type 2 diabetes by
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28 December 2009

Lansley: LSP contracts may be abandoned

Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley has said he believes it will be possible to abandon the existing local service provider
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