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15 April 2010

Yorks and Humber plans telehealth hub

NHS Yorkshire and the Humber is considering spending £1m on a telehealth hub as part of its cost-saving plans.
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7 April 2010

London IT Programme slashed

NHS trusts in London have been told they will get a dramatically scaled back programme of IT modernisation following the
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1 April 2010

Experts fear Punch and Judy election

The general election Policy and healthcare IT experts have urged an incoming government to resist the temptation to shake up
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31 March 2010

Improve PCT data skills, say MPs

Poor quality data analysis skills have played a key part in the failure of many primary care trusts to work
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23 March 2010

NHS Direct plans to make £20m savings

NHS Direct has announced that it plans to cut its costs by £20m in the next financial year by improving
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11 March 2010

New CSC deal hinges on Morecambe Bay

A deal to cut hundreds of millions of pounds from the National Programme for IT in the NHS by cutting
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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

Greenfield four becomes three

The Department of Health is struggling to find four sites in the South of England willing to take the Cerner
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23 February 2010

GPs back cuts to NHS Direct and NPfIT

NHS Direct and the National Programme for IT in the NHS are both appropriate targets for cuts in the current economic
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16 February 2010

Irish hospital group cuts DNAs by text

St Vincent Hospital Group in Dublin has reduced its did-not-attend rate by 30% after implementing a messaging system that notifies
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