Opinion
Calling time
Will NPfIT deliver this time? Sarah Bruce asked some IT directors for their views.
Insider View: Jon Hoeksma
Has the bar been dropped so low that the NHS IT programme is now guaranteed to succeed? Asks Jon Hoeksma.
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NHS National Services Scotland won the Best Use of IM&T to Promote Patient Safety at last year’s BT e-Health Insider Awards for the Emergency Care
Best Use of IM&T to Promote Patient Safety
The Best Use of IM&T to Promote Patient Safety was won by NHS National Services Scotland for the Emergency Care Summary. The runners up were

Is the Federated Data Platform too expensive to cancel?
Sticking with a hugely expensive plan to develop a ‘mythical beast’ of a fighter plane

AI revolution must respect patients’ right to consent
Safeguards to ensure patient data is handled ethically are essential, writes Proximie’s Nadine Hachach-Haram, a

‘Time released to care’ should not be the main measure of digital’s success
There should be much greater focus on the ‘benefits realisation’ of digital projects in the

Letby: Could tech help detect NHS staff deliberately harming patients?
The horrifying case of neonatal nurse and convicted murderer Lucy Letby raises questions for NHS

Industry Spotlight: David Hunt, director, clinical product and revenue cycle development,Oracle Health
For David Hunt, software development in healthcare is an ‘art form’ that saves lives, writes