Paperless NHS means paperless referrals

The NHS Commissioning Board’s planning guidance, issued today, has confirmed that a “paperless NHS” means paperless referrals by 2015.
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Chesterfield issues PAS tender

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has published a tender notice for a patient administration system to replace its current
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CSC deal rattles NME procurements

CSC’s interim agreement with the Department of Health is creating huge uncertainty in the North Midlands and East NHS IT
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BT lands Cornwall outsourcing deal

Cornwall Council has voted in favour of outsourcing telehealth and telecare services to BT as a part of a shared
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Mental health app wins NI hack day

The first Health Hack Northern Ireland event held last weekend was won by a group of clinicians and developers who
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Funding needed for openGPSoC

The people behind a scheme to develop an open source GP clinical system are in talks with providers about raising
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Last night of the PROMS?

The future of the national Patient Reported Outcome Measures programme is uncertain as the latest changes to the NHS take
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PROMS developer wants national roll-out

A clinician at Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust, who created a web-based tool that collects patient reported outcome measures, wants to
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CSC sets up Lorenzo user group

Seven NHS trusts were represented at a new Lorenzo user group meeting intended to give customers a greater influence in
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Interest high in EMR deployment

Fifty trusts gathered at Basildon and Thurrock Foundation Trust’s electronic medical record summit this week to hear about how the
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