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US conference gets a reality check on NPfIT

Former National Programme for IT industry liaison manager, Phil Sissons, delivered a transatlantic reality check this week, exposing some of
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Requirement needed for joint planning

Hopes that forthcoming government guidance will require the NHS to plan jointly with local government for care outside hospital have
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Granger says NHS chief exec fully backs NPfIT

NHS IT director-general Richard Granger claimed this week that the service’s acting chief executive Sir Ian Carruthers is fully behind the programme and the
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Two trusts to use new Eclipse maternity system

Bradford Teaching Hospitals and Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trusts are poised to start implementing a new maternity information system which brings
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European ‘Connect-a-thon’ tests interoperability

Over 60 healthcare software companies and organisations from all over the world have gathered together in Spain to test the
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Technical problems with Choose and Book dog GPs

Frustrations with Choose and Book including problems reconciling GP records with the personal demographics service have prompted some GPs to
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EPS passes million scrips milestone

More than a million prescriptions have been transmitted via the Electronic Prescription Service, Connecting for Health has announced. The agency
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Google announces healthcare search clustering

Google has announced that people looking for healthcare terms on its front page will now have the option to see
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Lloyds gets authorisation to deploy on ETP

Lloyds Pharmacy has received technical accreditation and authorisation to deploy from Connecting for Health to connect its in-house pharmacy system
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CfH may hand money back to Treasury

While many NHS trusts are thought to be struggling to achieve financial balance, NHS Connecting for Health, the Department of
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