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30 November 2004

NHSU folds in arm’s length review

The NHSU which was hailed as the NHS’s corporate university and promised innovative learning from a virtual campus is to fold.
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8 September 2004

BGS to help NHS Direct bridge language barriers

Bowne Global Solutions (BGS), has announced that it has signed a contract with NHS Direct to provide the nurse-led telephonic
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19 August 2004

Pharmacies may soon open online, says DH

The Department of Health have announced that solely internet-based pharmacies may soon be allowed to open in the UK and
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22 July 2004

NHSIA axed in arm’s-length bodies review

A long-anticipated axe fell on the NHS Information Authority (NHSIA) today when its abolition was announced as part of the
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12 July 2004

Treasury plans £6.8bn NHS savings through IT

Today’s Gershon report, “Releasing resources to the front line: Independent Review of Public Sector Efficiency", has said that IT reform
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1 July 2004

Halligan: “Connection” goal of IT reform

Aidan Halligan, deputy chief medical officer and director general of strategic development for the National Programme for Information Technology (NPfIT),
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16 March 2004

Agency due to lead NHS IT change management scrapped

The Government is to scrap the NHS Modernisation Agency (MA), the agency charged with delivering the change management programme that
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2 March 2004

Hunt on for public sector IT tsar

The hunt is on for a person to take on to find the candidate to fill the “most influential role
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23 July 2003

Long Term Approach to IT Reform for NHS Wales

A long term commitment to transforming healthcare using information and IT is outlined in NHS Wales’ new strategy, Informing Healthcare.
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1 April 2003

eMatron – the Ultimate Nursing Boss

With no role out of bounds for the IT revolution, a US healthcare technology provider has devised electronic decision support
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