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Ex-IC chief lodges ‘scapegoat’ claim

The former chief executive of the Information Centre (IC) has claimed that she was made a “scapegoat” for the heavily
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The big screen

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has promised to introduce free screening for stroke, diabetes, heart and kidney disease. Joe Fernandez looks
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CfH launches new Summary Care Record film

Connecting for Health has produced a new film detailing the experiences of patients and clinicians in the Summary Care Record
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Unstable radio controls halt Airwave deployments

The Airwave radio system in use The Department of Health has had to cease deployments of Airwave radio systems to
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Taunton go-live with Cerner Millennium

Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has become the eighth site in the South of England to go-live with the
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Cameron says NHS IT must be local

Conservative party leader David Cameron has attacked the NHS IT programme and called for local ownership and innovation. In a
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A year in review: LSPs in 2007

EHI Editor Jon Hoeksma, provides a look back at 2007 from the perspective of the NHS IT programme’s local service
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Four-fifths of doctors say electronic record insecure

Four-fifths of doctors are concerned that current plans for patients’ health records to be available from a central database –
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Public favour ‘Full Monty’ on NHS Choices

More than 5000 people have voted ten to one in favour of NHS Choices going for the Full Monty on
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Announcement on CfH future due in ‘weeks’

The future of NHS IT agency, Connecting for Health, remains unclear as 2007 ends, with the Department of Health saying
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