Public Sector IT
April 2008
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Barts NPfIT go-live: “a roller-coaster ride”
15 Apr 2008 -
Another leading figure in NHS IT and the NPfIT quits
10 Apr 2008 -
Barts NHS NPfIT go-live ends up in "The Sun"
10 Apr 2008
An informed specialist reports on the go-live earlier this month of a Cerner system deployed by BT at Barts and The London NHS Trust. Managers at Barts have seen the article and given their ...
Matthew Swindells, who has been leading a review of NHS informatics including the £12.4bn National Programme for IT[NPfIT], has resigned and is to leave the Department of Health “shortly”. He has ...
Barts and the London NHS trust ended up in "The Sun" newspaper yesterday [9 April 2008] after going live with a basic version of Cerner's "Millennium" Care Records Service under the NHS's London ...
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NPfIT minister “clarifies” incorrect statement to Parliament
09 Apr 2008 -
10 years to "sort out" Denver's baggage IT problems
08 Apr 2008 -
NHS and Fujitsu to sign NPfIT MoU
08 Apr 2008 -
Some NHS trusts put NPfIT plans on hold
07 Apr 2008 -
Tory policy on government IT, open source and openness
04 Apr 2008 -
"New world after the NPfIT"
03 Apr 2008 -
Richard Jeavons to quit the NPfIT - NHS Chief Executive comments
02 Apr 2008
Ben Bradshaw, the minister in charge of the NHS’s National Programme for IT [NPfIT], has responded to a post on this blog about his having made an incorrect statement to the House of Commons. On 21 ...
As they try to sort out the problems at Heathrow's Terminal Five building, BAA and BA may wish to note that United Air Lines spent more than 10 years trying to make a futuristic computerized ...
The NHS and Fujitsu are expected to sign a new memorandum of understanding as they continue to renegotiate important parts of a £896m contract signed under the NHS's National Programme for IT, ...
Some hospital executives in the South of England have put on hold plans and deployments of replacements for legacy systems during extended negotiations of a contractual “re-set” with the main IT ...
Conservative leader David Cameron has outlined his party’s IT strategy for government saying there would be a “level playing field for open source software in IT procurement” and no room for ...
Healthcare consultancy Silicon Bridge has published a well-rounded article on the National Programme for IT - NPfIT - and its legacy. Some of the comments: “Today, the international market is ...
After our inquiries on the forthcoming departure from the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) of one of its leaders and a senior responsible owner, Richard Jeavons, NHS Chief Executive David ...
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Congratulations to Government CIO for lowering networked PC costs
01 Apr 2008 -
Senior executive to leave NHS IT programme
01 Apr 2008
Congratulations to the Cabinet office and the Government CIO John Suffolk for establishing a commodity price for a large network of supported PCs. It has not been easy to achieve. Suffolk has had ...
Richard Jeavons, senior responsible owner for service implementation in the NHS’s £12.4bn National Programme for IT [NPfIT], is leaving for a different health service job. He is the latest in a ...