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8 January 2007

Lord Hunt returns as NHS IT minister

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath is back at the Department of Health and will be taking ministerial responsibility again for
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15 December 2006

BCS calls for complete overhaul of NHS IT project

A new report from the British Computer Society has called for a fundamental rethink of the NHS IT programme, including
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27 October 2006

Warner rejects call for CfH architecture review

Health minister Lord Warner has rejected calls from leading computer academics for an independent review of the technical architecture of
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17 October 2006

IT staff jobs at risk in cuts to NHS Blood Service

Staff who have been developing and implementing a new blood tracking systems for the NHS Blood Service designed to improve
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6 October 2006

Danish GPs enjoy the best IT systems, says study

Denmark is the most advanced country in the world for clinical information technology systems in primary care, health informatics luminary
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5 September 2006

MPs prescribe ‘rescue’ plan for NHS IT project

The government has been urged to rethink its £12.4bn NHS IT project, and replace its current highly centralised national strategy
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23 August 2006

Guardian to challenge iSoft high court order

The Guardian newspaper reported today that it will challenge a high court order made in 2004 which limits its reporting
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22 August 2006

Nurses ‘losing enthusiasm’ for NHS IT reform

The number of nurses across the UK who believe in the benefits of IT reform in the NHS is falling,
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14 July 2006

Four new areas for IT policy named by DH

Four significant new areas for NHS information and IT policy are identified in the Department of Health’s new plans for
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23 June 2006

Press gang

Have long-running allegations of media bias against the National Programme for IT any basis in fact? IT journalist Michael Cross
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