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Reader Comments: Consultants Bite Back

Last week we published comments from NHS IT managers giving their perspective on the National Programme for IT in the
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NAO Begins Review of National Programme

The National Audit Office has begun reviewing aspects of the £2.3 billion NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT) after having
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Data Improvements Essential to Make GP Monitoring Work

Researchers at Imperial College London have devised a system for monitoring mortality rates which could help to alert authorities to
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IT Managers Reveal Fears About National Programme

A survey of NHS IT managers reveals concerns about their ability to carry through the reforms of the National Programme
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ISoft and Torex Announce Merger Plans

iSoft and Torex, two of the UK’s leading health IT firms announced this week that they intended to merge to
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SNOMED ‘Highly Unlikely’ to Generate Revenue for NHS

Expected revenues from the NHS’ collaboration on SNOMED Clinical Terms (CT) have not been realised and the financial formula used
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HC 2003 – Pick of the Product and Service News

Healthcare Computing is a traditional launch pad for healthcare IT products and services and the industry did not disappoint this
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National Programme ‘Mobilises’ for Delivery

The shape of things to come on NHS IT started to become clearer during the course of Healthcare Computing with
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‘Trust Me’, I’m the Director-General

NHS Director-General of IT Richard Granger this week used his first major public speech to make a personal appeal to
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IBM and Newchurch to build ICRS demonstrator

A contract has been awarded to IBM and Newchurch to develop a prototype primary care shared clinical information service for
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