Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust' s research has revealed that the early births can be measured using a simple cervical swab. The swab will quantitatively measure the fetal fibronectin (fFN), a protein, which will help ...
Teva UK has launched generic Tolterodine 1mg and 2mg film-coated tablets, and Tolterodine XL (Mariosea XL) 4mg capsules. Tolterodine is a generic version of Detrusitol (tolterodine) while Tolterodine XL (Mariosea XL) is a generic version ...
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DHL operates support organization for healthcare - NHS Supply Chain GBP 1 billion/Euro 1.4 billion savings targeted to the NHS over 10 years around 1,000 new jobs to be created. DHL Logistics has won a 10-year deal totaling GBP 1.6 ...
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Teva UK, a part of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, has announced the launch of generic Irbesartan tablets. Irbesartan, a generic version of Aprovel (Irbesartan) by Sanofi Pharma Bristol-Myers Squibb SNC, is indicated to treat essential ...
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Tom Baker, head of ICT at Sunderland City Council, has an office in the council's datacentre. It is not a bad place to have an office because the datacentre has been somewhat rejuvenated, thanks in part to modern IT that takes up far less ...
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Computer Weekly has announced the third UKtech50, our annual definitive list of the real movers and shakers in UK IT - the CIOs, industry executives, public servants and business leaders driving the role of technology in the UK economy. ...
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The NHS Commissioning Board is looking to use multiple secure email providers via the government’s G-Cloud framework. The move would be the largest deal yet to go through G-Cloud, pushing many millions of pounds through the ...
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The Department of Health has reiterated its commitment to get all patient records online by 2015, in its first mandate between the government and the NHS Commissioning Board. The document also states that electronic health records must be ...
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An NHS trust is to challenge a monetary penalty notice issued by the Information Commissioner's Office(ICO)in a case that could set an important precedent. The NHS trust is to be the first public sector organisation to challenge the UK ...
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The Royal Free Hospital has implemented SAP's Business Objects dashboarding technology to enable staff to fathom more efficiently its own workings. Will Smart, director of information management and technology at the Royal Free Hospital, ...
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IT services firm Logica, part of the CGI group, has been selected as the supplier of managed payroll services to the Department of Health's Arms Length Bodies. Combined, the organisations employ a total of 30,000 people and include the ...
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Government spending on science and technological innovation has dropped by 7.6 per cent,despite an election pledge by Prime Minister David Cameron to protect funding in the field. The figures come from a House of Commons library study ...
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An NHS mandate–the first ever–has committed the National Health Service to put all medical records online by March 2015.The mandate also extends to booking GP appointments and ordering repeat prescriptions. In a 28-page ...
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MHA Lighting has scooped a top accolade for its pioneering lighting product which is helping NHS Trusts fight hospital acquired infection rates and achieve significant energy savings. The Atherton-based lighting company fought off tough ...
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The Department of Health's plan for enabling the public to access their patient medical records online from 2015 needs to take into account the possibility of security being breached,and should include tough sanctions against those who fail ...