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10 September 2009

Arctic blast

A think-tank recently ranked its funding forecasts for the NHS from ā€˜tepidā€™ to ā€˜arctic.ā€™ Sarah Bruce asks what that will
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20 August 2009

Xerox to manage Worcestershire records

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has started a Ā£12.8m record management project to transfer more than 1.2m medical records online
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26 June 2009

McKesson sees shared services growth

McKesson has announced a 200% growth in its Shared Services over the past 12 months. The Healthcare and IT solutions
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15 June 2009

Money, money, money

The theme of this yearā€™s NHS Confederation conference was money; or rather the coming lack of it. Lyn Whitfield reports.
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22 May 2009

Nicholson warns of ā€˜unprecedentedā€™ savings

NHS chief executive David Nicholson has warned the NHS that it may need to make “unprecedented” levels of savings from
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13 May 2009

Capita wins quality mark contract

The Department of Health has appointed Capita to manage the Information Standard accreditation scheme that is due to be launched
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11 May 2009

ACS buys hosting and outsourcing firm

Advanced Computer Software, the owners of out of-hours software provider Adastra, has bought a hosting and outsourcing firm to accelerate
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28 April 2009

ACS announces big increase in Adastra profits

The company that bought out-of-hours software provider Adastra last summer has announced a 142% increase in profits and plans to
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21 April 2009

Treasury targets Ā£2.3 billion annual IT savings

The Treasuryā€™s Operational Efficiency Programme has recommended Ā£7.2 billion of annual efficiency savings could be achieved on government IT and
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20 February 2009

CHKS acquired by Capita for Ā£11.6m

UK healthcare intelligence specialist CHKS has been bought by outsourcing specialist Capita Group Plc for £11.6m. CHKS specialises in providing
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