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PAC report brings brickbats and bouquets for NPfIT

Mixed reaction greeted the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee’s report on the National Programme for IT with critics and
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Visually impaired clinicians needed to develop solution

Out-of-hours IT provider Adastra is looking for visually impaired doctors and nurses who would be interested in helping to develop
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PAC report reveals postcode lottery on GP systems

Connecting for Health has treated contracts for GP systems differently in its five clusters with local service providers contracted to
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PAC says NPfIT suppliers are ‘struggling to deliver’

A damning new report by the influential House of Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC) questions the basic business case behind
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Lessons already being learned from early adopters

Dr Gillian Braunold explains how pragmatism and common sense are the touchstone of the summary care record early adopters, which
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Atos Origin’s £257m DH diagnostics contract suspended

A £257m contract for diagnostic services in North-west and South-west England awarded to Atos Origin last December has been suspended
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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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Pharmacists reject prescription printing plan

Community pharmacists claim they may still have to print out more than a quarter of prescription tokens when release two
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£10m NHS service comparison site to be announced

An online comparison site which will enable NHS patients to compare different health services and shop around for a GP
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CSC deploys first community PAS in Eastern cluster

Cambridgeshire PCT has become the first trust to receive an iSoft Community iPM system from Computer Sciences Corporation in the
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