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3 April 2008

Tories would end projects like NHS ‘supercomputer’

Conservative party leader, David Cameron promised today that if his party was elected there would be no more IT projects
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1 April 2008

Bradshaw promises Lorenzo and Millennium by summer

Health minister Ben Bradshaw has said despite ongoing delays new Lorenzo and Millennium software will be delivered to NHS sites
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27 March 2008

Centre for robotic surgery opened in London

Robotic assistant in action. A centre for robotic surgery has been created at Imperial College London with the aid of the
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25 March 2008

Misys Healthcare to merge with Allscripts

Misys, the UK-based IT software group, is to merge its healthcare division with smaller US rival, Allscripts to create a
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11 March 2008

Four pilots for shared social care records

Three local authorities and one care trust are to pilot links between their social care systems and the NHS Personal
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10 March 2008

Alzheimer’s diagnosis more effective with IT

Computers are able to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease faster and more accurately than clinicians, according to researchers. A study published in
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7 March 2008

Barts put back Millennium go live

The date for the go-live of Cerner Millennium at Barts and the London NHS Trust (BLT), seen by many as
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29 February 2008

DH seeks tougher sanctions for security breaches

The government is seeking an increase in penalties for NHS staff that breach the Data Protection Act. Health minister, Ben
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26 February 2008

CSC yet to sign GPSoC contract

CSC has yet to sign its contract with Connecting for Health to take part in the GP Systems of Choice
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25 February 2008

Doctor develops diagnostic diabetes software

A GP has developed software that he believes could help identify up to 60,000 patients with undiagnosed diabetes. The software
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