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Government refuses independent review of NPfIT

The government has refused to hold an independent review of the National Programme for IT in their response to the
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Contract ‘reset’ underway in the South

The new NHS programme director for the NHS IT programme in the South of England says she is not happy
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Mid-Staffs gets iCM after five year wait

Mid-Staffordshire General Hospitals NHS Trust has begun piloting iSoft’s iCM clinical management system on two wards, five years after they
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Forces medical records system ready to roll out

Derek Twiggs meets staff at RAP Following successful pilots, the Defence Medical Information Capability Programme (DMICP) is due to be
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‘Widespread concerns’ about NPfIT penalties

In a new survey NHS foundation trusts have reported ‘widespread concerns’ about the limited functionality of key systems  from the
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CfH selects eight GPSoC suppliers

NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) has announced that it has selected eight GP clinical system suppliers to be awarded contracts under
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CompuGroup outbids IBA for iSoft

iSoft has today announced that it has accepted an unsolicited £160m all cash offer by Germany’s CompuGroup, trumping a previously
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Granger says he is ‘ashamed’ of some systems provided

The departing head of the NHS IT programme Richard Granger has said he is ashamed of the quality of some
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DH denies report that NPfIT is to be shelved

Suggestions in a weekend newspaper that the NHS is to shelve the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) have been strongly
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Southern SHAs assess alternatives for mental health IT

Strategic health authorities in the South of England are evaluating alternative software options to the version of Cerner Millennium being
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