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More cash for the national programme?

A further £2 billion is being sought to fund the NHS National Programme for IT into 2006 and 2007, according
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Internet has blown away library walls

The Internet has blown away the walls of libraries as effectively as Semtex, Dr Muir Gray, director of the National
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CHI praises NHS Direct

The Commission for Health Improvement (CHI) has given a positive assessment of the 24 hour health information and advice line,
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South Tees NHS Trust buys spinal injuries record system

The North of England Regional Spinal Cord Injuries Centre at The James Cook University Hospital, Middlesborough, part of South Tees
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Cerner CEO: contracts are ‘onerous but not outrageous’

With the award of the first Local Service Provider (LSP) contracts due within a month, one of the firms that
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NHSmail take-up minimal so far

One year on from award of a £90m contract with Electronic Data Systems (EDS), and six months after its launch
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Nhs.uk to provide information for Patient Choice

Patients will be encouraged to use the NHS online service, nhs.uk, to gather information about NHS hospitals when they are
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E-Booking presented as a step towards patient-centred NHS

A new £64.5m national contract for e-booking between GP surgeries and acute hospitals in England was presented by the government
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Granger says firms will sign up to terms and conditions

  NHS IT Director General Richard Granger, has rejected claims that the terms and conditions included in contracts for the
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National Programme to sign first contract

Tomorrow morning Secretary of State for Health John Reid and NHS IT director-general Richard Granger will announce that SchlumbergerSema offering
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