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NPfIT scrutinised by Public Accounts Committee

The Public Accounts Committee hearing into the NHS National Programme for IT yesterday heard that the £12.4bn programme is largely
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MPs call for review of NHS IT programme costs

Tim Farron, Liberal Democrat MP for Westmoreland & Lonsdale, has stepped up his campaign for an independent review of the
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Review: Plundering the Public Sector

Michael Cross reviews David Craig's latest book which concentrates on the role of consultants in the National Programme for IT.
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Crunch time

How will the general election affect NHS IT? E-Health Insider takes a comprehensive look at what each party has to
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Kaiser to end ‘wobbly’ medicine

Doctors working without computerised systems are working in the “operational dark ages”, according to George Halvorson, chief executive officer of
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MP tables questions on iSoft accounting

iSoft, a leading supplier of clinical software under the NHS’ National Programme for IT, has come under parliamentary scrutiny over
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Blair: Choose and Book historic development

Tony Blair has defended the development of the NHS’s Choose and Book programme, the new name for the new NHS
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Data spine key to Patient’s Passport, say Tories

Under a Conservative government the NHS Care Record Service would become the key tool enabling the introduction of the proposed
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Healthcare IT and Devolution

The health services in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland were detached from the English mother ship as part of devolution.
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Questions in the House About DG Role

Mark Todd, Labour MP and a former IT director, has told E-Health Insider that he believes the current management structure
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