18 May 2007

NAO says information vital to cutting prescribing costs

A National Audit Office study has found that the NHS could save £200m a year by GPs prescribing drugs fewer
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18 May 2007

Suffolk trusts deploy VoIP over N3 network

Suffolk Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust and Suffolk Primary Care Trust have deployed a new voice-over Internet Protocol (VoIP) system
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18 May 2007

GPs to continue to get financial incentives for C+B

The national incentive scheme to reward GP practices for using Choose and Book is to continue for 2007/8, following months
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17 May 2007

Safety now number one priority for CfH

Professor Michael Thick, the chief clinical officer for Connecting for Health, explains how the agency has made patient safety its
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17 May 2007

CSE Servelec to upgrade Scottish mental health system

CSE Servelec has been commissioned by the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland to upgrade its integrated information management project (IMP)
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17 May 2007

Researchers warn NPfIT delays risking patient safety

Lack of effective communication and delivery delays are leaving trusts disenfranchised and weakening local commitment to rolling out the National
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16 May 2007

Ipswich struggles with iSoft order communications glitches

Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, has experienced persistent problems getting its new Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC)-provided iSoft iPM patient administration system and
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16 May 2007

IBA offer recommended by iSoft board

Australian health information firm IBA Health Ltd. has agreed to buy the UK’s iSoft Group for about £140m, plus debt.
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16 May 2007

Patients rate choice as a low priority

Choice finished near-bottom of a list of 82 priorities shown to patients in a study carried out for the health regulator,
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15 May 2007

IBA Health set to table £230m iSoft offer

Australia’s IBA Health is tonight expected to make a £230m offer to buy its far larger UK rival iSoft, reports
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