NHS IT boss tells iSoft and CSC to sort it out
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Granger rattles sabre Richard Granger, the director general of NHS IT, is warning iSoft and CSC that if they don't sort out their differences he will consider ripping up contracts and finding alternative suppliers.â¦
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The final cost of modernising NHS IT systems could top Â£18.6bn - three times the declared figure, according to reports.
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By James Rossiter, Evening Standard, London  Dec. 11--Troubled NHS software supplier iSoft is ploughing on with  takeover talks as it struggles with Â£74 million of debt and only 11 months to  refinance it or risk going under.
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Cross-party group wants to remove delays and need for two doctors to approve terminations.
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By Lucy Farndon, Daily Mail, London  Sep. 8--Accident-prone software provider iSoft is closing its head office  in Manchester in a forlorn attempt to improve its finances.    It told staff in an internal memo that the Aviator Way site on Manchester  Business Park will be shut.
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A National Audit Office report calls for public bodies to show more leadership over computer upgrade projects.
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NHS trusts have a Â£4bn backlog of key maintenance repairs, government figures suggest.
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Care home The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has vowed to keep troubled National Programme for IT (NPfIT) software supplier iSoft Group under steady review.â¦
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Families with people who have learning disabilities are urged to report experiences of the NHS.
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But wacko ideas don't fix dud IT systems Analysis Home Office proposals on "multi-agency information sharing", leaked to the Times this week, say that council, NHS and care staff should be given a statutory obligation to pass on information about anyone they think might commit violent crimes in the future.â¦
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I overheard a long-time hospital client talking to another support vendor today. The hospitalâs patient accounting department was attempting to send patient financial and billing data to a third-party biller. The vendorâs normal Web site was down, and they were trying to come up with an emergency fix.
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The final cost of modernising NHS IT systems could reach Â£31bn - five times the declared figure, a report says.
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'Frankly horrifying' The Information Commissioner Richard Thomas said British chief executives need to take the safety of customers' and employees' data more seriously after a series of breaches over the last year.â¦
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CSC considers its options The takeover of iSoft by Aussie firm IBA Health is likely to go ahead.â¦
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Contracts squeezed them out Accenture is reported to have been finalising negotiations to hand two much maligned NHS contracts worth more than Â£2bn over to rival CSC.â¦
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IF YOU or staff at your firm are frequently off sick, then one of the first places to look for the reason could be your office computers, according to a leading UK cleaning and hygiene firm.
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The NHS is to come under pressure to weed out ineffective and obsolete treatments, by the drugs watchdog.