17 May 2010

Osborne orders review of govt spending

The new Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, has announced a review of all government spending commitments since New Year’s
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14 May 2010

Burns and Burstow join health team

Two health ministers have been appointed to join health secretary Andrew Lansley at the Department of Health. The appointment of
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13 May 2010

Lansley gets health job in tough times

The new health secretary has confirmed that the NHS will receive ‘real terms’ increases in funding, but this will not
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20 April 2010

Sussex Partnership may move to Lorenzo

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has signed a five-year deal with iSoft that includes an option for it to become
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9 April 2010

Think-tank calls for self-service NHS

A think tank has called for people to be given the option to register with the NHS nationally rather than
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1 April 2010

DH commissions ‘Darling Dashboard’

The Department of Health has appointed a consortium to develop a ‘Darling Dashboard’ that will proactively help the NHS to
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24 March 2010

Lower borrowing, more savings in Budget

Chancellor Alistair Darling has confirmed that government borrowing will be lower than predicted in last year’s Pre-Budget Report, while committing
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5 March 2010

Carestream Health announces Dutch deal

Coverage from ECR 2010 Carestream Health has announced a long term digital imaging services agreement with Stichting Samenwerkende Ziekenhuizen Oost
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2 March 2010

O’Brien claims govt may lock-in NPfIT

Conservative health spokesman Stephen O’Brien has accused the government of trying to tie the hands of an incoming Tory government
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1 March 2010

BMA says SCR roll-out ‘too hasty’

The BMA has criticised the roll-out of the Summary Care Record programme, claiming patients do not have enough information and
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