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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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6 February 2007

NAO criticises Ā£12m Dr Foster Intelligence deal

The National Audit Office has criticised the Information Centre for striking a £12m deal without going out to tender to create Dr
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2 February 2007

Wales to digitise ambulance radio network

The Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust is to receive £55m from the Welsh Assembly government to invest in the O2
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17 January 2007

Free online archive of medical research papers launched

Over 500,000 medical research papers are now available for free on the internet, following the launch of the UK PubMed
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15 January 2007

Proposals for wider data sharing to be unveiled

The government is to make it easier for different department systems to share information about individuals currently held on separate
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10 January 2007

SHAs must plan local IT expenditure, guidance says

The Department of Health has published guidance to strategic health authorities on how to produce plans for local IT expenditure from
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21 December 2006

NHS staff to be first for Office 2007

NHS employees are set to become some of the first people in the UK to get copies of Microsoft Office
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14 December 2006

Minister responsible for NPfIT to retire

Lord Warner the health minister responsible for the £12.4bn NHS IT project is to retire at the end of the
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30 November 2006

MP “looking into” how NAO report was drafted

Commons Public Accounts Committee member and outspoken scrutiniser of the National Programme for IT, Richard Bacon MP, says he is
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23 November 2006

Southern SHAs to pilot greater local ownership of NPfIT

The three strategic health authorities in the south of England are piloting a new model of governance for the National
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