Dept of Health

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15 April 2003

NHS Direct “Will More than Double” by 2006

NHS Direct is set to more than double in size, handling 16 million calls by 2006. The service is also
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14 April 2003

Digital TV Service Goes To Tender

A national healthcare digital television (DTV) service took a step nearer to becoming a reality this week with the issue
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25 March 2003

DH Shapes Up National IT Structures

The "Who Does What" debate at the top level of healthcare IT continues but the HC2003 audience at Harrogate this
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19 March 2003

Bumper Response to National IT Programme OJEC

Some 99 firms have submitted responses to the Department of Health’s OJEC advertisement inviting expressions of interest from firms to
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27 February 2003

Row Over Health Records Review Secrecy

Campaigners this week alleged that the Department of Health (DH) had broken undertakings to keep fees low for patient access
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4 February 2003

OJEC Issued for National IT Programme Procurement

The clock has started ticking officially for companies aspiring to take a slice of the new NHS IT business with
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4 December 2002

Show Power To Deliver, Granger Tells Suppliers

NHS IT Tsar Richard Granger pledged this week that a new procurement strategy will be published in January 2003 and
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20 August 2002

Patient Letters: Do We Really Need More Research?

Two leading doctors have challenged the need for further research and pilots on the NHS Plan’s pledge to give patients
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1 August 2002

Suppliers Told Details of IT Strategy Imminent

A unique meeting held in London last week saw over 200 leading NHS IT suppliers, and would be suppliers, gather
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25 June 2002

DH Outsources IT Services to CSC

The Department of Health has awarded a seven year contract to outsource its Information and Communications Technology (ICT) services to
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