Leading users of the government's Public Services Network (PSN) have complained that the service is underdeveloped, despite the £2bn of public funds, and four years' planning, that went into the network's launch in March this year. ...
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There are concerns about data protection compliance in the public sector, while private organisations are leading the way. That's according to series of reports by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). The findings have been ...
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GREATER Manchester-based MHA Lighting has scooped a top accolade for an innovative lighting product which is helping NHS Trusts fight hospital acquired infection rates. The Atherton-based lighting company fought off tough competition to ...
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The NHS is working with the US government to pioneer open-data strategies in the US public sector. This was the claim of Chris Vein, deputy US chief technology officer for government innovation – working in the executive office of ...
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Services giant CSC,which had a spectacular dispute with the government over its work on the NHS National Programme for IT(NPfIT),is on course to implement its first patient records system after a national agreement was reached earlier this ...
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GREATER Manchester-based MHA Lighting has scooped a top accolade for an innovative lighting product which is helping NHS Trusts fight hospital acquired infection rates. The Atherton-based lighting company fought off tough competition to ...
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AWARD winning lighting manufacturer,MHA Lighting has been named a finalist in both the Energy Efficiency Initiative of the Year and Innovative Lighting Product of the Year categories,in the prestigious Electrical Industry Awards 2012. ...
The Cabinet Office has blacklisted Fujitsu and another IT supplier from tendering for government IT contracts because they constitute too high a risk. According to FT.com, Fujitsu will not be considered by the Cabinet Office for new ...
The Department of Health has reached an agreement with supplier CSC over the Lorenzo clinical management and patient administration systems fiasco which, it says, will save it as much as £1bn. The agreement was formally reached on ...
The Department of Health has reached an agreement with supplier CSC over the Lorenzo clinical management and patient administration systems fiasco which,it says,will save it as much as£1bn. Further reading CSC and the NHS:Lorenzo ...
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The Department of Health (DoH) today announced new funding to encourage new digital services for sharing data within the NHS. The Information Sharing Challenge Fund will enable NHS organisations to bid for up to £99,000 to put their ...
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Data security breaches across private-and public-sector organisations in the UK have risen by an average of 1,000 per cent over the past five years,according to figures obtained from the Information Commissioner's Office(ICO). According ...
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Surrey County Council has issued a tender worth betweenGBP10m andGBP200m for a new framework for the use of all local government and public sector bodies in the South East of England. The framework will be divided into three lots to meet ...
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Surrey County Council has issued a tender worth between£10m and£200m for a new framework for the use of all local government and public sector bodies in the South East of England. The framework will be divided into three lots ...
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Demand for NHS contractors is soaring despite the economic downturn, according to NHS recruitment specialist Max20. Don Tomlinson, managing director of Max20, says recruiters are competing over the best information management and ...
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