Dept of Health

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11 December 2007

Ex-CfH CTO’s firm earns £46.3m from NPfIT

An IT consultant who worked as Chief Technology Officer of NHS Connecting for Health for three years is also the
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7 December 2007

CfH underspent by £828m over three years

Delays in implementations and delivery of systems under the National Programme for IT over the last three years means that
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4 December 2007

DH to award £80m contract for NHS Choices

The Department of Health has gone out to tender to find a new supplier to run the NHS Choices patient
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4 December 2007

NHS leading public sector on shared services

A new study by the National Audit Office has praised the NHS for being at the forefront of adopting shared
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30 November 2007

NHS Direct to connect to Spine in 2008

NHS Direct is aiming to connect to the NHS Spine in 2008, in what should be a key step towards
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29 November 2007

NHS Direct on a mission to explain

Matt Tee has been CEO of NHS Direct for the past four months, he told us of his plans for
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26 November 2007

Overseas data work under review, say reports

The government is reportedly reviewing whether sensitive information about NHS patients could be sent overseas for processing. A leaked internal
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26 November 2007

Problems with SUS hamper commissioning

The Department of Health must resolve problems with the Secondary Uses Service if practice-based commissioning (PBC) is to succeed, according
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21 November 2007

Health records a target for ‘the wicked’

Richard Jeavons, senior responsible owner for service implementation at Connecting for Health has admitted to the Commons Home Affairs Committee
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21 November 2007

Single info governance board plans unveiled

Full details of the cost and role of the new National Information Governance Board for Health and Social Care were
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