England

Archive
6 December 2005

Councils lag behind on telecare plans

 A minority of councils in England are starting to put plans in place for telecare services but most have made
Read More
30 November 2005

London trust goes live with spine-connected PAS

Queen Mary’s Hospital, south-east London, has become the first hospital trust in London to go live with a ‘strategic’ patient
Read More
30 November 2005

PACS roll-out stalls in NW and West Midlands

The roll-out programme for PACS in the North West and West Midlands of England by CSC looks in danger of
Read More
29 November 2005

Scotland-wide PACS deal goes to Kodak

NHS Scotland has awarded a national contract to Eastman Kodak Company’s Health Group to deliver a picture archiving and communications
Read More
28 November 2005

Newcastle opts for ChemoCare

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust has signed up for a chemotherapy prescribing solution which will operate across three sites and provide
Read More
24 November 2005

Wristband risk to patient safety highlighted

A drive to raise awareness of the importance of patients wearing hospital wristbands should make barcode and RFID technology more
Read More
17 November 2005

NHS Direct proposes online social care wiki

NHS Direct could soon be setting up an online social care ‘wiki’ that would allow patients to learn from one
Read More
17 November 2005

Award for time-saving medical images system

An online system that has reduced the time taken to make clinical images available to consultants from four weeks to about
Read More
14 November 2005

Granger says NPfIT in danger of being derailed

The director in charge of the £6.2 billion NHS National Programme for IT has warned that the project is in
Read More
9 November 2005

iSoft named North West business of the year

Manchester-based supplier of clinical software, iSoft, has been named North West business of the year by the Manchester Evening News,
Read More