Dr Foster

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8 November 2007

Cheers and tears at BT e-Health Insider Awards

Joe Fernandez speaks to the lucky six winners from the red carpet.
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8 November 2007

Winners announced in BT e-Health Insider Awards

Awards for some of the UK?s most outstanding health IT projects and people were announced at the gala BT e-Health
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1 November 2007

New information chief sought

The hunt is on for a new leader for the NHS Information Centre for Health and Social Care. Advertisements for
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18 July 2007

DH blasted for ‘back room deal’ with Dr Foster

The Department of Health ignored procurement guidelines and pursued a ‘back room deal’ on NHS information which was ‘handed to
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11 April 2007

Hewitt launches ‘Choose and Book’ librarians

Health secretary Patricia Hewitt has launched ten ‘choice’ library pilots. Librarians in the pilots will be trained to help people
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27 March 2007

Two years on

It's two years since the Information Centre for health and social care started work on its mission of "providing knowledge
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6 February 2007

NAO criticises £12m Dr Foster Intelligence deal

The National Audit Office has criticised the Information Centre for striking a £12m deal without going out to tender to create Dr
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22 September 2006

IC deal with Dr Foster under NAO scrutiny

The controversial deal to form a joint venture between the Health and Social Care Information Centre and a private company
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20 June 2006

Honour for health informatics technical director

Technical director of Wirral Health Informatics Service (WHIS), Pete Marsh has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours
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20 January 2006

Public-private venture ‘to improve access’ to info

Dr Foster, a commercial provider of healthcare information, and the NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre have formed a
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