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Will the national programme pay for contestability?

Perhaps the most intriguing speculation to have emerged in recent weeks is the suggestion that iSOFT, triumphant in three of
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Granger secures commitment to fund NPfIT

Comment: Jon Hoeksma, E-Health Insider For Richard Granger, NHS IT Director-General, the announcement of the award of three key contracts
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SNOMED ‘Highly Unlikely’ to Generate Revenue for NHS

Expected revenues from the NHS’ collaboration on SNOMED Clinical Terms (CT) have not been realised and the financial formula used
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Budget 2003:Chancellor Stands By Spending Plans

Chancellor Gordon Brown this week reaffirmed public spending plans due to deliver 7.2% growth in NHS spending over the next
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Trusts Must Not Stop Local IT Investment – Lord Hunt

NHS trusts must put sustained local investment into their IT to complement investment from the National IT Programme, health minister
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Combined Government Gateway Review Due for IT Programme

The National NHS IT Programme is scheduled to be submitted to a combined Government Gateway review by the end of
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No Funding for IT Development Projects

The Department of Health has failed to secure extra funding for a series of development projects that had been thought
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DH Presents Blueprint for IT Transformation

A plan for transforming NHS IT is on its way to the Treasury this week. If all goes well, the
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2001: The Year the Money Disappeared

The NHS has stood at the cusp in 2001, its stark failures were laid bare by the Bristol Royal Infirmary
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Wanless on Information Technology

The UK health service has a poor record on the use of information and communication technology and spending in this
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