iSoft in critical condition as NHS trusts seek alternatives
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Upgrade waiting list just too long The government's vision of an integrated computer system for the NHS is coming apart at the seams as NHS trusts are to start looking for alternative IT suppliers, The Guardian reports.â¦
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The NHS is failing to offer sufficient out-of-hours GP care for severely ill patients, experts say.
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The majority of NHS trusts are not giving diabetics enough help in managing the condition at home, a watchdog says.
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The government says the loss of patient records by NHS Trusts affects 168,000 people.
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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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The NHS is too vast for politicians to hand over to an independent board to run, says the health secretary.
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Germany's CompuGroup says it will not raise its bid for UK software firm iSoft, clearing the way for rival IBA Health.
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Propose switch to decentralised, interoperable databases The Tory party has put forward a rescue plan for the NHS IT system in the wake of the latest government data losses, which were revealed over the weekend. Nine English NHS trusts have owned up to large scale losses of personal data, and although in most cases the nature of this data has yet to be revealed, City &amp; Hackney Primary Care Trust reportedly mislaid the names and addresses of 160,000 children.â¦
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Patients in the UK's four nations are getting different services following devolution, say health chiefs.
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A quarter of hospital trusts in England are failing to meet new standards on infection control, a survey suggests.
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An NHS trust chief says the Welsh health service is failing to solve problems after a nurse highlights concerns.
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A group of leading scientists are stepping up their campaign to get the NHS to turn its back on homoeopathy.
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British drugmakers are launching a legal challenge to moves by the state-run National Health Service to switch large numbers of patients onto cheap generic prescription medicines.
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Urgent action is needed to deal with the rise in TB cases after rates in some parts of the UK doubled, doctors say.
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Proposed healthcare regulation changes in the European Union could threaten UK patient care standards, say doctors. The proposed EU Services Directive is designed to ensure free movement of doctors around
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Sick note for German firm Poorly NHS software provider iSoft Group said today that it favoured a revised buyout bid from Aussie outfit IBA Health.â¦
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Critics say new rules to standardise funding of continuing care in England do not go far enough.