News in brief Trust challenged over IT procurement process: One of England’s most prestigious hospital trusts has been accused of conducting a £20m IT tender having already picked the winner. NHS software supplier Cerner has...
News in brief Southern trusts invited to customer days: Intellect and NHS South are inviting representatives from more than 20 Southern acute trusts to attend customer awareness events. The events being held next month will...
News in brief NHS trusts tender for £300m clinical systems: ComputerWeekly has reported that some 29 NHS trusts across London and south England have issued a framework tender worth £300m for clinical information systems. Camden...
Patient satisfaction in NHS plummets Public satisfaction with the NHS has seen its largest fall since it was first recorded in 1983 the think-tank The King’s Fund has warned. In an analysis of the annual...
News in brief GP surgeries to be ranked out of 10: As part of a drive by ministers to give people more choice over their healthcare The Telegraph has reported that GP practices are to...
Doctors to strike for first time in 40 years Doctors have announced that they will refuse all non-urgent care for 24 hours on 21st June after they voted in favour of strike action over pension...
Information Strategy arrives: Information-power to the people! The much anticipated Information Strategy was delivered on Monday morning and as you would expect surrounded by much commentary, unveiling a series of ambitious yet logical plans, designed...
Maudsley launches PHR while QEHB plans summer deployment South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has launched a personal online health record for its patients, using Microsoft’s HealthVault platform. According to EHI, the records have...
Government accused of risk register cover-up The government has been accused of an ‘epic cover-up’ after defying a second court order to reveal the contents of the risk register, which analyses the dangers involved in...
Information strategy will put IT centre stage in NHS IT will move from being the ‘back-room’ to become a critical front-room service’ when the much-delayed NHS Information Strategy is published this month. Better data sharing...
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