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14 May 2003

NHS to Introduce Own Gateway Reviews

The Department of Health is to introduce its own Gateway Review process to examine major NHS IT and building projects,
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8 May 2003

Mandatory Shared Financial Services Dropped

Plans to save up to £500m a year in NHS administration costs through the introduction of a next generation standardised
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7 May 2003

Motion Media Selected for Belgium ‘Telehealth’

Videophones designed by UK visual technology specialists Motion Media Technology are to be used to deliver ‘telehealth’ services in Belgium
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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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10 April 2003

Budget 2003:Chancellor Stands By Spending Plans

Chancellor Gordon Brown this week reaffirmed public spending plans due to deliver 7.2% growth in NHS spending over the next
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8 April 2003

The National IT Programme: Readers Have Their Say

At HC2003 NHS IT director-general Richard Granger said that he wanted a debate about whether there were viable alternatives to
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27 March 2003

National Programme ‘Mobilises’ for Delivery

The shape of things to come on NHS IT started to become clearer during the course of Healthcare Computing with
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27 March 2003

‘Trust Me’, I’m the Director-General

NHS Director-General of IT Richard Granger this week used his first major public speech to make a personal appeal to
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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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18 March 2003

Lord Hunt Resigns Over Iraq

Health minister Lord Hunt of King’s Heath, the minister responsible for the NHS National IT Programme, followed Commons Leader Robin
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