IT payment offers £4250 for practices in Wales

GP practices in Wales can earn £4250 under a new IT payment scheme worth £2.1 million agreed as part of the
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No pleasure in Accenture losses, says Granger

Richard Granger, NHS director-general of IT, jokingly told conference delegates today that the $450m losses one of his prime contractors, Accenture,
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Nurses told they must connect to CfH

Clinical leads have told nurses have to be proactive and to give feedback to Connecting for Health otherwise they risk
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Meet the suppliers: Intersystems

Linda Davidson speaks to Terry Ragon, CEO of Intersystems, on how complex healthcare systems can be linked together.
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EMIS pushes for local backup of hosted records

EMIS is to install back-up ‘mirrors’ of centrally hosted patient records in practices using their PCS Web software, in case
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Granger: no renegotiation on Accenture deal

NHS IT director-general, Richard Granger, says there will be no renegotiation of Accenture’s contract covering the North-east and East regions of the
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Relations between Accenture and CfH chill

Relations between NHS Connecting for Health and Accenture one of its prime contractors appeared to have chilled considerably this week
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400,000 nurses to be registered on Contact

Connecting for Health has announced it is planning to ensure that every nurse in England as well as Scotland has their own
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Accenture’s NHS losses grow as NPfIT delays mount

Accenture, the leading management and technology consulting firm, announced a provision for a further $450 million of losses against its
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Avon and Wiltshire roll out controlled drug service

Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust has begun installing web-based software to help manage and track the dispensing
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