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NHS to provide further shared payroll services

System will handle staff payroll data in 100 NHS trusts on shared services scheme 03 Dec 2008

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NHS trust recovers from server overdose

Virtualisation technology breathed new life into East Lancashire's cost-intensive system 02 Dec 2008

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Computing podcast - Standard Life's offshoring plans; and the prospects for government IT

The insurance giant outlines its new outsourcing strategy; and we ask if the government's economic bailout will affect its IT plans 28 Nov 2008

Lib Dem study highlights poor data management at NHS

Thefts and data losses are spreading throughout the health service 26 Nov 2008

NHS IT programme costs London hospital £7.2m

Other trusts are delaying care records system implementation while problems are sorted 07 Nov 2008

NHS care record rollout grinds to a halt

London roll out of care records scheme to be halted will problems are ironed out 28 Oct 2008

NHS chooses Optenet for content security

URL filtering solution will save IT administrators time and could improve productivity 27 Oct 2008

NHS must make better use of technology

Influential think-tank says the health service is being left behind and fails to exploit even everyday consumer technology 24 Oct 2008

Hospital shifts to wireless technology

Tablet workstations will allow access to information anywhere in the hospital 01 Oct 2008

Computing Awards: Innovative project of the year shortlist

As part of our build-up to the Computing Awards for Excellence, which take place at London’s Battersea Park events arena on 5 November, we turn the spotlight on the nominations for Innovative Project of the Year 01 Oct 2008

Give your career a shot in the arm

Anyone looking to pursue an IT career within the health service must be able to demonstrate good communications skills and an appreciation for the strong public service ethos that underpins the organisation, says NHS Blood & Transplant’s Steve Carroll 23 Sep 2008

Royal Marsden improves remote data access

Hospital staff can access information on patients via secure system 22 Sep 2008

NHS clinicians risking patient data

Doctors carrying unprotected USB sticks with confidential patient information 04 Sep 2008

Fujitsu moves to resolve NHS disagreements

'Procedure initiation notice' is not yet an official notice of legal action 02 Sep 2008

Ipswich NHS Trust consolidates on Sophos

Hospital signs with single provider for all web and email security 02 Sep 2008

Conservatives seek "vision" for NHS IT policy

The British Computer Society will conduct an independent review of NHS IT policy 21 Aug 2008

Lack of healthcare expertise of new NHS IT bosses may cause problems

Experience in running large projects may not be enough, says analyst 13 Aug 2008

NHS Trust thinks ahead with storage upgrade

Data storage improvements simplify backup and enhances disaster recovery 12 Aug 2008

NHS lauds ten million Choose and Book appointments

The NHS Choose and Book system has seen the number of bookings it processed rocket over the past year 11 Aug 2008

New NHS IT chiefs announced

Former director general role separated 08 Aug 2008

Hospital sings NHS IT praises

We go behind the scenes at Homerton hospital to see the NHS National Programme for IT in action 07 Aug 2008

Technology will be good for our health

Do not forget the scale of the challenge -­ this is the largest non-military IT project in the world. 07 Aug 2008

Choose and book not offering choice for booking, says survey

Two-thirds of patients using NHS booking system are not given a choice of date for their outpatient appointment 04 Aug 2008

Online maternity guide launches

Users will be able to compare services in their local area 01 Aug 2008

NHS trusts will need "interim" systems

Four-year delay to parts of national programme for IT mean temporary systems are necessary 11 Jul 2008

Unencrypted NHS laptop lost

Patients' medical details were on hard drive 30 Jun 2008

Scottish Ambulance Service loses nearly 900,000 records

Information included addresses of incidents, some phone numbers and some patient names 24 Jun 2008

100 hospitals sign up for standardised coding systems

MP recommends standardised coding throughout the NHS as more than 100 hospitals sign up 23 Jun 2008

Fujitsu may lay off 700 NHS IT programme workers

Government must act to safeguard expertise, says union 20 Jun 2008

NHS Trust transforms security and access management

Converged security and access management will reduce password issues for 11,000 NHS staff 18 Jun 2008

NHS boosts procurement with web platform

The national health service hopes to generate cost savings and have more visibility of supplier contracts with online service 18 Jun 2008

NHS IT may face additional delays after Fujitsu is ditched

Despite reassurance from the NHS, experts fear further problems 05 Jun 2008

Fujitsu fired from NHS National Programme for IT

Contract renegotiations break down as NHS continues supplier squeeze 29 May 2008

Trust consortium gets e-procurement system

System will manage 3,000 suppliers, and a £350m annual spend 22 May 2008

Barts to begin WiFi voice and RFID trial

Hospital trust has 802.11n wireless network trial on the way 22 May 2008

Unhealthy attacks damage NHS IT

Too many of the attacks on NPfIT assume that IT projects either work perfectly or fail completely 22 May 2008

Deadlines too tight for NHS IT

Government blamed for four year delay to part of NHS IT system 21 May 2008

Belfast Trust goes wireless

Network is the largest active installation of campus WiFi in the UK 21 May 2008

Patient records cause four-year NHS IT delay

Other parts of the scheme are broadly on track, but software delays mean care records will be four years late, says NAO 16 May 2008

Politics pushing NHS scheme

Early adopters felt under pressure as Connecting for Health pushed the project forward to meet targets 15 May 2008

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