Strategic

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12 June 2006

Secondment buy-out

MP Richard Bacon has been digging for information about the NHS IT Supplier Attachment Scheme. Daloni Carlisle reports on his
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6 June 2006

Three PCTs decline London’s ‘interim’ community system

Three primary care trusts in London have declined to take the ‘interim’ RiO community system being offered by BT due
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31 May 2006

Hants and IOW share records for 1.5 million patients

Hospital and GP records for 1.5 million patients are to be available for the NHS to share in a ground-breaking
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25 May 2006

Granger says NHS chief exec fully backs NPfIT

NHS IT director-general Richard Granger claimed this week that the service’s acting chief executive Sir Ian Carruthers is fully behind the programme and the
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18 May 2006

Number of PCTs to be halved

Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt this week announced the reorganisation of Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) in England, almost halving the number
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17 May 2006

Ascribe buys Jade Health

Acquisitive Bolton-based health IT group Ascribe has bought Jade Health from Jade Software Corporation, extending its product into mental health,
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5 May 2006

Kodak investigates ‘strategic alternatives’ for health group

Eastman Kodak Company announced that it is exploring strategic alternatives for its health group. The options are understood to include
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2 May 2006

Contract negotiations underway for system choice

Contracts have been sent to GP system suppliers due to taking part in the ‘system choice’ initiative for GPs and negotiations are taking place on a
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21 April 2006

Ambulance trusts join map data sharing deal

Ambulance trusts in England will now have the opportunity to share geographical data with other trusts as part of a
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5 April 2006

European healthcare IT outsourcing set to grow

A new market report has predicted that rising healthcare costs and the rising complexity of healthcare IT systems will compel
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