NHS Trusts need to replace inefficient inventory management processes and improve patient level costing reporting if they are to meet the Department of Health’s (DoH) procurement savings target.
The Department of Health (DoH) will now assess its civil servants’ digital skills as part of their performance reviews at the end of this year.
The Department of Health (DoH) has revealed plans that aim to strengthen controls and safeguards on the use of an individual’s health and care data.
The government has reportedly lost a legal battle with tech giant Fujitsu relating to the failed NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT).
The UK government is planning to introduce e-consultations where patients would receive diagnoses via email from their GPs – but some doctors have criticised the plans.
In the second of three major features on the current state of IT in the UK healthcare system, Gary Flood asks how realistic a 'paperless NHS' by 2015 really is.
Public Health England (PHE), an executive agency of the Department of Health (DoH), is using a new Big Data storage system alongside high-performance computing (HPC) to sequence infectious diseases.
Public Health England (PHE), a Department of Health body that protects the nation’s wellbeing, has issued a tender that reveals it is seeking help with its digital strategy.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has claimed that 25% of smartphone users will be accessing their NHS records on an app by 2017.
The Department of Health (DoH) has asked Microsoft to provide further support to the NHS to prevent its PCs running the outdated Windows XP being targeted by hackers.
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