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11 December 2007

Ex-CfH CTOā€™s firm earns Ā£46.3m from NPfIT

An IT consultant who worked as Chief Technology Officer of NHS Connecting for Health for three years is also the
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7 December 2007

CfH underspent by Ā£828m over three years

Delays in implementations and delivery of systems under the National Programme for IT over the last three years means that
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4 December 2007

NHS leading public sector on shared services

A new study by the National Audit Office has praised the NHS for being at the forefront of adopting shared
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30 November 2007

Patientline sees losses treble

Hospital patient telephone and entertainment firm Patientline has reported operating losses of £11.2 million for the first half of 2007.
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26 November 2007

Overseas data work under review, say reports

The government is reportedly reviewing whether sensitive information about NHS patients could be sent overseas for processing. A leaked internal
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21 November 2007

Revenue blunder is a lesson for public bodies

The Information Commissioner has highlighted the importance of tight security and data protection in public sector bodies, following the security
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20 November 2007

Losing patient data may become a crime

The court should be able to prosecute doctors who have laptops containing unencrypted patient information stolen from their cars, according
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6 November 2007

Lanarkshire’s mobile single assessment commended

North Larnakshire Council finished second at the Local Government IT Excellence Awards 2007 for their use of its single shared
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15 October 2007

Whittington pilots McKesson clinician portal

The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust has become the first in the UK to pilot a new single sign-on gateway portal
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11 October 2007

Data Management: migration

For the IT manager in charge of getting data out of a legacy system and into a new PAS, the
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