David Nicholson

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22 December 2009

DH shifts IT from ‘replace’ to ‘connect’

NHS informatics in England will move from a “replace all” to “connect all” philosophy, the Department of Health has announced.
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17 December 2009

NHS ‘faces pivotal year’ – Nicholson

NHS chief executive David Nicholson has said that the coming year will be pivotal for the NHS as it faces
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10 December 2009

What’s going on, Darling?

NPfIT was going to be scrapped. Then it wasn’t. Sarah Bruce reports on Pre-Budget Report chaos.
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9 December 2009

Darling targets efficiency, pay and tax

The Chancellor has slightly shifted the focus of this year’s Pre-Budget Report from the urgent need to make public sector
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7 December 2009

Turmoil grips NHS IT programme

The future of the National Programme for IT in the NHS has been plunged into doubt after the Chancellor of the
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9 November 2009

Four in ten readers expect cuts

Four out of ten NHS IT staff are expecting their budgets to decrease next year, and a further 36% expect
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5 November 2009

Insider View: Jon Hoeksma

E-Health Insider editor Jon Hoeksma reflects on a busy couple of weeks for news about NPfIT.
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2 November 2009

Mind the gap

Brian Derry from the NHS Information Centre reflects on the coming financial crunch and how informatics can help the NHS
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28 October 2009

Trust loses cancer patient data

Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust has been criticised by the Information Commissioner for losing three unencrypted USB sticks
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10 September 2009

Arctic blast

A think-tank recently ranked its funding forecasts for the NHS from ‘tepid’ to ‘arctic.’ Sarah Bruce asks what that will
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