Dept of Health

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27 July 2010

All trusts to be foundations by 2013

All NHS trusts will be obliged to become a foundation trust or merge with one by 2013, the Department of
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26 July 2010

Information Centre wins in ALB review

The NHS Information Centre has come out of the Department of Health’s arms length body review with a promise that
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20 July 2010

Goals replace targets in DH paper

The Department of Health has set out its plans to scrap centrally, set performance managed targets - and to hold
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19 July 2010

BMA says suspend access to SCRs

The BMA GP committee has learned that some Summary Care Records have not been updated, and is calling on the
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16 July 2010

DH gives go ahead to Cerner upgrades

The Department of Health has given the go ahead to a Cerner upgrade across London and the South of England
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14 July 2010

DH axes £500m Microsoft licensing deal

The Department of Health will not renew a half billion pound software licensing deal with Microsoft, which has run for
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14 July 2010

‘Large numbers’ of staff to lose jobs

The Department of Health's informatics directorate is one of the few areas of the NHS that is safe from change
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12 July 2010

BMA calls for halt to SCR uploads

BMA GP representatives are calling on the government to halt the uploading of any more Summary Care Records while a
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8 July 2010

Three more Lorenzos by autumn

Three more trusts will go-live with Lorenzo Regional Care Release 1.9 over late summer and early autumn, the Department of
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4 July 2010

DH looks to IT suppliers for savings

Health minister Simon Burns has said that the Department of Health is targeting ICT products and services worth £6m in
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