Outsourcing

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9 February 2009

DH and London move on shared services

NHS chief executive David Nicholson is encouraging the health service to make greater use of shared services as London’s primary
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8 February 2008

Experience information deficit must be overcome

A steering group focused on harnessing the power of public opinion has found that many NHS boards do not have
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4 December 2007

DH to award £80m contract for NHS Choices

The Department of Health has gone out to tender to find a new supplier to run the NHS Choices patient
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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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2 November 2007

EHI’s industry news roundup 02.11.07

E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 2 November, featuring supplier news, implementations, product launches, awards and
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5 September 2007

Granger’s successor remains a mystery

Richard Granger’s successor as chief executive of Connecting for Health and director general of IT at the Department of Health
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9 May 2007

McKesson buys Supporta Payroll Services

Healthcare IT systems specialist McKesson, has acquired Supporta Payroll Services in a deal that will allow the company to provide bureau services
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11 April 2007

DH extend outsourcing contract with CSC

The Department of Health have agreed a £20m deal with Computer Sciences Corporation to extend their information technology outsourcing contract
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2 January 2007

Proper testing needed for reforms, says TUC

A call for public sector changes to be properly tested and for staff to be consulted on and involved in reforms
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22 June 2006

Unison condemns offshore medical transcription

NHS trusts that outsource the transcription of medical notes to South Africa, the Philippines and India received a sharp rebuke
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