3 January 2011

NHS ‘wastes £1 billion on procurement’

The head of NHS Shared Business Services has said the health service wastes more than £1 billion a year by
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3 January 2011

Scottish NHS staff get GPS alert devices

Mobile tracking and alert devices are to be issued to staff in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde to protect them
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20 December 2010

N3 deal given two more years

The Department of Health is set to extend its N3 contract with BT for another two years; but is starting
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2 December 2010

BT to get £36m per Cerner site in South

A breakdown of the costs of BT’s £542m National Programme for IT in the NHS contract for the South of
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2 December 2010

Image analysis cuts osteoporosis costs

Swedish medical researchers have found that analyzing historical digital images in radiology databases can save millions of euros by better
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29 November 2010

Sainsbury’s to sell GPs to shoppers

Supermarket chain Sainsbury's says it will give GPs free room to set up in-store surgeries in its stores and help
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26 November 2010

Intel joins Europe’s MHealth Alliance

The European MHealth Alliance (EuMHA ) has welcomed Intel as a Foundation Member. Intel have agreed to chair the innovation
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26 November 2010

Southampton University live with Ascribe

Southampton University Hospital Trust NHS Trust has gone live with new patient administration system and electronic patient record modules supplied
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25 November 2010

NHS Choices allowing Facebook tracking

The Department of Health has come under fire for including code on NHS Choices that allows Facebook and Google to
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25 November 2010

Healthcare atlas maps NHS variations

A new NHS Atlas of Variation has laid bare the regional variations in treatment that patients receive based on what
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