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Public Sector IT
Exploring the challenges involved in large-scale IT projects in the public sector.
April 2010
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Could Gov't misuse Summary Care Records for self-serving reasons?
29 Apr 2010 -
NPfIT has put back NHS IT by 10 years at least, says Trust CEO
28 Apr 2010 -
Ex-NPfIT "owner" speaks publicly about scheme for first time since he quit
28 Apr 2010
Dr Phil Peverley, a GP in Sunderland, writes in Pulse:"...The Times, on 11 April, reported that the Labour party had sent 250,000 'cancer postcards' to various women."Addressed to the recipients by ...
NPfIT "may be dead" says head of Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust Brian James, the chief executive of The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust, has said the National Programme for IT in the NHS has "put ...
Aidan Halligan was the joint senior responsible owner of the NPfIT in 2004, a role he shared with the then head of the programme, Richard Granger. Always a man who had a realistic respect for the ...
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"Rare" bug in iSoft software led to mix-up of patient data
28 Apr 2010 -
Summary Care Record roll-out continues in 20 PCT areas
28 Apr 2010 -
Does this help explain why CfH suspended some Summary Care Records uploads?
28 Apr 2010 -
Is CfH worried about mass opt-outs of summary care records?
28 Apr 2010 -
Who's responsible for mistakes in summary care records?
28 Apr 2010 -
More cracks in the NPfIT - or an unlocking of Trust restraints?
- Nemertes Research 21 Apr 2010 -
Summary Care Records scheme "at risk" - confidential draft report
20 Apr 2010
Computerworld New Zealand reports that a bug in an iSoft application used at Gisborne Hospital led to patient details being displayed under someone else's record. The report says that a bug in ...
I put some questions to NHS Connecting for Health in the light of its decision to halt the upload of summary care records in some PCT areas. **How many PCTs are rolling out SCRs that are not ...
Most primary care trusts taking part in the "accelerated" SCR roll-out were not planning SCR uploads even before the suspension Primary care trusts took financial incentives from the government for ...
NHS Connecting for Health is concerned about possibility that GP practices will use the "93C3" Read codes electronic flag to opt-out their patients in bulk from having medical details uploaded to ...
There is no clear answer to the question of who's responsible for mistakes in summary care records. NHS Connecting for Health suggests that responsibility for mistakes lies with the person making ...
Smarthealthcare.com reports that the Department of Health is allowing some trusts in the north of England to use an alternative to the Lorenzo software they were going to install from their NPfIT ...
The Summary Care Records scheme has yet to gain Treasury approval, which puts the future funding of the project at risk. SCRs are central to the success of the £13bn National Programme for IT in ...
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Tory manifesto: what about the promise to publish Gateway reviews?
- Nemertes Research 14 Apr 2010 -
NHS IT official: we've secured future for 1000s of users
12 Apr 2010 -
Is the NPfIT in London now officially in tatters?
- Nemertes Research 09 Apr 2010 -
A Morecambe Bay NPfIT election special?
07 Apr 2010 -
New NHS BT deal in London needs close scrutiny
- Nemertes Research 07 Apr 2010
On the "Make IT Better" website, which is run by the Conservative Party, is a promise to publish gateway reviews "when they are produced, and allow the public to scrutinise the value and progress ...
Below are excerpts from a letter sent last week by Ruth Carnall, NHS London Chief Executive, to all London IT directors and NHS Chief Executives.The letter makes no apology for the signing of a new ...
Ruth Carnall, the Chief Executive of NHS London, has told all London NHS Chief Executives that a cut of more than £100m in funding for BT's NPfIT contract means that "it will no longer be possible ...
iSoft has told the Financial Times that it is "very confident that we have a go-live in early May". It was referring to the installation of the iSoft Lorenzo 1.9 electronic patient record system at ...
John Cruickshank, a specialist with a long track record working in health IT, writes for 2020health, which describes itself as a centre-right web-based think-tank for health and ...