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13 November 2012

NHS CB mandated to create EHR

The NHS Commissioning Board should have plans in place for all patients to have an integrated electronic record of their
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4 September 2012

Lansley out, Hunt in

Andrew Lansley has lost his job as health secretary in a government reshuffle and will become the leader of the
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30 March 2011

ICT strategy promises to save millions

A new ICT strategy which the government says will save millions currently wasted on public sector ICT was published by
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15 October 2010

BT signs MOU on government deals

BT announced today that it has struck a deal with the UK government covering all its central government contracts.
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19 July 2010

Government axes £15m for children’s IT

The government has axed £15m of funding promised by the previous Labour government to help local authorities implement integrated children’s
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7 June 2010

ISoft apologises to NHS and CSC

ISoft has issued a highly unusual statement to the Australian Stock Exchange apologising to the NHS and CSC for comments
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2 June 2010

GPES caught up in Whitehall review

The proposed GP data extraction service is awaiting a decision on its future funding as the coalition government carries out a
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1 June 2010

NHS directors earn more than PM

The chief executive of the NHS, Sir David Nicolson, has been named as one of the highest earning civil servants
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1 June 2010

BMA’s Ingrams says four SCRs ‘barmy’

A BMA IT representative has criticised the creation of four separate emergency summary records for the four countries in the
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25 May 2010

Unison attacks abolition of SHAs

Health unions have condemned the latest shake up of the NHS, which will include the abolition of strategic health authorities.
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