Productivity

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11 March 2024

Health Secretary announces digital initiatives for NHS productivity

Secretary of State Victoria Atkins has renewed promises to digitise every hospital and extend use of the NHS app to
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6 March 2024

Spring Budget includes £3.4billion extra investment in NHS digitisation

The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced £3.4 billion of new investment in NHS digitisation in the Spring Budget.
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6 March 2024

BT roundtable: standards, incentives key to improved digital performance 

Coordination, consistency and an improved incentive structure are needed for digital transformation of the health service, a BT-sponsored roundtable heard.
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9 November 2023

Majority of NHS staff see tech investments as priority – BT survey

74% of NHS staff see future investments in digital technology as a priority, according to the results of a BT
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29 June 2023

NHS signs new Microsoft deal worth three-quarters of a billion pounds

NHS England has announced a new £774m licensing deal for Microsoft productivity apps and products including Office365 and Teams for
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7 April 2022

Milton Keynes University Hospital to pilot smart hospital solution

Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is to pilot a smart hospital solution which aims to improve productivity and efficiency.
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Jonathan Pearson, PA Consulting
14 November 2019

Technology is the answer to the healthcare productivity challenge

As healthcare spending rises, Jonathan Pearson, UK head of healthcare at PA Consulting, looks at why technology could help improve
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8 February 2016

Carter: NHS to adopt ‘meaningful use’

NHS Improvement should create ‘meaningful use’ standards for clinical IT systems and use incentives to drive better adoption of technology,
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23 September 2010

Swindells: ‘fight on’ for informaticians

The chair of BCS Healthcare, Matthew Swindells, has told a conference in Glasgow that the challenge for NHS informaticians “has
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20 July 2009

Funding forecast is colder than ever

The NHS would have to make historically unprecedented productivity gains to close the gap between its likely funding after 2011
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