Fujitsu wins CfH support contract

NHS Connecting for Health has awarded Fujitsu the contract to supply its national front line service support desk. The contract,
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PCTs register a third of pharmacists for smartcards

Around one in three community pharmacists have been registered to use a smartcard to use the electronic prescription service (EPS)
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TPP commits to more user communication channels

Primary and community care systems supplier, TPP, met over 150 of its customers in its first series of user meetings
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Companies gear up for interoperability marathon

Two hundred and fifty representatives of seventy healthcare IT companies will gather in Barcelona next week for the 6th annual
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Carruthers becomes the fifth SRO for NHS IT programme

Sir Ian Carruthers, acting chief executive of the NHS, has been appointed the latest overall senior responsible owner for the
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Integrated health system needed for Scotland’s young

NHS Scotland should be working towards a single integrated information system to support improvements in the health of children and
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Unstoppable momentum in e-health rollout, says Granger

Connecting for Health has reached an unstoppable momentum and "essentially the war is won", chief executive Richard Granger has told
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GPC agrees IT infrastructure funding guidance

Clinical system servers, workstations, printers, back-up devices and network infrastructure are among a list of core items practices can expect
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MDU warns practices of data transfer privacy risks

Practices must warn patients that electronic transmission of data is not totally secure or foolproof, says a medical defence organisation
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PCTs urged to move C+B from centres to practices

Primary care trusts are being encouraged to dismantle referral management centres that handle Choose and Book so that the work
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