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Health organisations see rise in sick bill

Sick employees are costing health organisations a growing amount of money, according to a new online calculator. New figures from
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NHS budget to reach £110 billion by 2011

The NHS is to receive an increased budget from £90 billion this year to £110 billion by 2010-11, an increase
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Medway bans Facebook use in work hours

    Staff at the Medway Maritime Hospital in Kent, have been banned from using social networking website Facebook during
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Wanless warns NPfIT risking NHS modernisation

In a review of NHS modernisation efforts Sir Derek Wanless has criticised the slow progress of the National Programme for
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Report highlights NPfIT’s ‘impressive milestones’

‘Impressive milestones in the implementation of the National Programme for IT’ have been highlighted as one of the major achievements
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CfH benefits bigger than problems

The new NHS computer system is fraught with problems but offers huge benefits if clinicians play a greater role in
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RFID on the frontline

Using RFID to track high value medical equipment can save time and money, argues, Cisco's Terry Espiner.
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Community network for St Helens and Knowsley

St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust have begun deploying a new £4.2m Community of Interest Network (COIN) to link
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Business as usual

Charlie McCaffrey, Carestream Health's UK and Ireland managing director tells Linda Davidson about the company's new name, new owners and
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Connecting for Health extends Microsoft licensing deal

Microsoft and NHS Connecting for Health have renewed their Enterprise Wide Agreement (EWA), following the completion of the first three
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