Liberal Democrats Archives

7 June 2017

General Election 2017: what each party promises to do for NHS IT

The general election is tomorrow – but what does it all mean for the NHS and the healthcare IT sector

12 July 2010

PCTs to go in massive NHS reorganisation

Health secretary Andrew Lansley has announced that primary care trusts are to be abolished as part of a massive reorganisation

20 May 2010

Coalition sets out vision for NHS

The new Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition has set out a vision for the NHS that combines some of the most radical

14 May 2010

Burns and Burstow join health team

Two health ministers have been appointed to join health secretary Andrew Lansley at the Department of Health. The appointment of

13 May 2010

Lansley gets health job in tough times

The new health secretary has confirmed that the NHS will receive ‘real terms’ increases in funding, but this will not

13 May 2010

ContactPoint to be scrapped

The controversial children’s database ContactPoint is to be scrapped by the new government, the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have revealed.

6 April 2009

Hospitals failing to pass on crime data

Almost four out of five NHS hospitals are failing to collect and share data with police and local authorities that

26 January 2009

ContactPoint goes live

The government has launched its national children’s database, ContactPoint, which will provide demographic data on every child in the country

31 December 2008

This is the year to come

Sandra Hempel asks leading figures in healthcare IT to look ahead to 2009.

28 December 2008

That was the year that was…

Say goodbye to 2008 with E-Health Insider’s news review.