Inquiry

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20 March 2007

IT delays contribute to NHS trust deficits

Delays in implementing the National Programme for IT are listed by the influential Commons public accounts committee today as a factor leading
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19 March 2007

NHS 24 faces legal action over patient deaths

NHS 24, the Scottish health helpline service, is being sued for £750,000 damages by the partner of a man who
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12 March 2007

DH acknowledge junior doctor selection ‘shortcomings’

An extremely rapid DH initial review into the heavily criticised online junior doctor recruitment system has within 24-hours admitted that
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8 March 2007

Suspended Fujitsu exec tells MPs NPfIT needs leadership

The senior manager at Fujitsu who said the National Programme for IT was in danger of delivering “a camel, and
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22 February 2007

New post-Shipman information guidelines issued

The government has released new guidelines on the use of information to ensure NHS organisations have systems and processes in
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9 February 2007

Health Select Committee outlines NPfIT inquiry

The House of Commons Health Committee has announced details of what it intends to look into as part of its
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28 November 2006

Health select committee to investigate NPfIT

An inquiry into the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) will be held by the House of Commons’ health select committee,
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31 October 2006

NHS data ‘not accurate enough’ to assess doctors

NHS hospital episode data is not accurate enough to monitor individual doctors’ performance, according to a pilot study conducted by
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27 October 2006

Warner rejects call for CfH architecture review

Health minister Lord Warner has rejected calls from leading computer academics for an independent review of the technical architecture of
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13 December 2005

National children’s database gets go-ahead

The government has given the go-ahead for the creation of an electronic information sharing index containing information on all children
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