Productivity

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20 July 2009

Funding forecast is colder than ever

The NHS would have to make historically unprecedented productivity gains to close the gap between its likely funding after 2011
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7 July 2009

QIPP focus for Yorks and Humber IT

More than 50% of GP practices in NHS Yorkshire and the Humber will be on TPP’s SystmOne by the end of
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3 July 2009

DH to review hand-held devices

The Department of Health is to review the market for hand-held devices for community-based staff, with a view to issuing
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15 June 2009

Money, money, money

The theme of this year’s NHS Confederation conference was money; or rather the coming lack of it. Lyn Whitfield reports.
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1 June 2009

Webinar reveals demand for IT evidence

The Royal College of Nursing’s informatics expert has called for better evidence to convince nurses of the benefits of technology
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22 May 2009

Nicholson warns of ‘unprecedented’ savings

NHS chief executive David Nicholson has warned the NHS that it may need to make “unprecedented” levels of savings from
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8 May 2009

Microsoft does cross-government deal

The Treasury has signed a cross-government deal with Microsoft that will allow licenses to be transferred across the public sector.
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22 April 2009

No cuts, but low growth in budget

Chancellor Alastair Darling has told the Commons that the government does not plan to “cut” its way out of recession
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26 November 2008

Hard Times?

What does this week’s pre-budget report mean for the NHS and its IT? Fiona Barr investigates.
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13 November 2008

BT to axe 10,000 jobs

BT has announced that it will cut 10,000 jobs across the whole company, including its BT Global Services division, which
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