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CfH accused of ‘sham’ on clinical consultation

Perhaps the most unexpected part of the Commons Public Accounts Committee hearing on the National Programme for IT this week was the
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Press gang

Have long-running allegations of media bias against the National Programme for IT any basis in fact? IT journalist Michael Cross
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Healthy optimism?

E-Health Insider editor Jon Hoeksma looks in detail at the NAO report into NPfIT's progress, and how far it covers
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Honour for health informatics technical director

Technical director of Wirral Health Informatics Service (WHIS), Pete Marsh has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours
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East Lancs NHS trust tells Granger of costs of delays

 The director of finance at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust has written to the head of the NHS Connecting for
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MPs call for review of NHS IT programme costs

Tim Farron, Liberal Democrat MP for Westmoreland & Lonsdale, has stepped up his campaign for an independent review of the
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European ‘Connect-a-thon’ tests interoperability

Over 60 healthcare software companies and organisations from all over the world have gathered together in Spain to test the
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Innovation loss a cost in large contracts

The head of GE Healthcare Health Information Management in Europe has said that the decision to award contracts for England’s
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BT’s CEO backs NHS IT boss

The chief executive of UK telecomms giant BT has lent his support to Richard Granger, the head of NHS Connecting
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Call for tougher penalties for information crime

A case in which an abusive husband was able to track down his ex-partner’s whereabouts through her parents’ medical records
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