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Expert view: Ian Herbert

After 38 years of involvement with NHS IT, Ian Herbert offers an informatician’s view of the white paper, ‘Liberating the
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DH reviews Dr Foster Intelligence

The future of Dr Foster Intelligence, the UK’s best known provider of hospital performance information and analysis, is under review
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Unison may challenge white paper process

Health service union Unison is planning to seek a judicial review over the government’s plans for a massive reorganisation of
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NHS £86m website spend confusing

The NHS spends up to £86m a year on thousands of websites that are difficult to find, confusing for patients
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BMA says white paper a ‘curate’s egg’

The BMA has told its members it will ‘critically engage’ with the consultation on the white paper which it has
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Information Centre wins in ALB review

The NHS Information Centre has come out of the Department of Health’s arms length body review with a promise that
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Expert view: Paul Richardson

Blogger Paul Richardson wonders if the end of Microsoft’s big deal with the NHS will mean a new era for
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GP consortia to start work this year

The Department of Health has spelled out its plans for the future of commissioning in a consultation that gives the
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Feeling liberated?

One week on from the publication of the coalition government's NHS white paper, 'Equity and excellence: Liberating the NHS', Sarah
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Goals replace targets in DH paper

The Department of Health has set out its plans to scrap centrally, set performance managed targets - and to hold
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