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19 September 2006

Extra payments ‘not discussed in detail’ says iSoft

iSoft has said contract payments were ‘not discussed in detail’ with the government before further news of its precarious finances broke last
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12 September 2006

iSoft to close Manchester HQ offices

iSoft has announced that it is to close the company’s headquarters near Manchester Airport and relocate staff there. A total
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6 September 2006

South Worcestershire signs for Care Enhance Call Centre

South Worcestershire Primary Care Trust has selected an advanced call centre triage system for its GP out-of-hours (OOH) service which it
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5 September 2006

NAO planning to look again at NPfIT

The National Audit Office (NAO) has confirmed that it plans to carry out a second study of the late-running £12bn National
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4 September 2006

Flashing ‘orb’ to help medication adherence

A US software development company is conducting research to see if using a "flashing orb" on a pill box could
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31 August 2006

Implementation dates for hospitals continue to slip

An investigation by E-Health Insider has found that two-thirds of the 22 NHS acute trusts that were meant to be
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31 August 2006

Accenture winds down acute hospital trust work

Accenture, the local service provider for the NHS IT programme in the North-east and East of England, is winding down
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31 August 2006

Smart sponges to reduce surgical accidents in US

A new barcode system used on surgical sponges will be trialled by the Veterans’ Administration West Los Angeles Health Care
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29 August 2006

Press reports question future roles of iSoft and Accenture

Weekend press reports raised further questions over the future shape of the NHS National Programme for IT and the long
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29 August 2006

London Ambulance computer crashes nine times

London Ambulance Service 999 emergency operators have been forced to manually write down emergency details and alert paramedics by radio,
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