Dept of Health

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28 May 2012

DH backs e-procurement drive

The NHS has been urged to use GS1 coding on more items to support a shift towards e-procurement in the
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22 May 2012

Power plays

GPs and GP system suppliers have given a luke-warm reaction to the NHS information strategy. Rebecca Todd reports.
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8 May 2012

NHS risk register release vetoed

The Government has vetoed a ruling that it should publish one of the risk registers drawn up for the latest
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8 May 2012

DH publishes child health requirements

The Department of Health has set out the information requirements for child health information systems in the new NHS.
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16 April 2012

NHS Supply Chain leads on PACS/RIS

NHS Supply Chain has launched a procurement to create a single national framework for picture archiving and communication systems and
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30 March 2012

DH launches £2m health tech prizes

The Department of Health has announced two competitions, each worth up to £2m, to develop innovative ideas for addressing some
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27 March 2012

Choose and Book use on downward slope

Usage of Choose and Book has fallen from a high of 57% to 50%, with some areas almost halving their
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16 March 2012

Southern community procurement ‘close’

A new IT systems procurement for child and community trusts in the South is in the final stages of government
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6 March 2012

Bacon wants CSC savings to go to trusts

MP Richard Bacon has called for any savings that are made on the CSC deal to be redistributed to trusts
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6 March 2012

DH toughens stance on 084 numbers

The Department of Health appears to have toughened its stance on use of 084 telephone numbers by GP practices in
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