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7 December 2009

Burnham defends NPfIT but cuts £600m

Health secretary Andy Burnham has launched a spirited defence of the National Programme for IT in the NHS, but £600m
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2 December 2009

Consultation on use of records

The Department of Health is to launch a series of pilots to examine how patients can opt out of having
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25 November 2009

Procurements for South complete by April

The Department of Health’s chief information officer, Christine Connelly, has said she wants procurements for systems in the South to
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16 November 2009

London SCR roll out announced

The Department of Health has announced that the Summary Care Record is to be rolled out across London from this
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4 November 2009

Connelly sets benchmark for November

The Department of Health’s chief information officer, Christine Connelly, has spelled out the criteria against which progress on the delivery
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3 November 2009

New ASCC procurements promised for South

Christine Connelly says the NHS will run “a series of procurements utilising the ASCC framework in January 2010” to provide
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2 November 2009

Tories promise records for all

Patient-held records are one of the Conservative Party’s priorities for health, according to plans published today. The party said it would
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29 October 2009

Great Lego in the waiting room

Patients have rated more than one in four GP practices on the Department of Health’s controversial scorecard for surgeries since
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26 October 2009

DH endorses first video game

The Nintendo Wii Fit Plus has become the first computer game to be endorsed by the Department of Health. The
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26 October 2009

DH promotes C+B to beat strike

The Department of Health is encouraging GPs and hospitals to use NHS Choose and Book and secure text messaging to manage
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