All articles by Nick Carding – Page 6
-
HSJ Local
Trust buys £85m EPR after abandoning previous procurement
An acute trust has signed an £85m deal with Oracle Cerner for a new electronic patient record, two years after abandoning a previous procurement.
-
HSJ Local
ICS plans ‘integrated NHS groups’ spanning ICB and trusts
An integrated care system that has struggled with ‘strained and challenging relationships’ is exploring ‘joint constitutional committees’ spanning its integrated care board and two provider trusts.
-
Expert Briefing
The Download: The priorities for scarce funding
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Written by senior correspondent Nick Carding. Contact me in confidence here.
-
HSJ Local
McKinsey wins £1m contract to devise new NHSE data model
Consultancy firm McKinsey has been awarded a contract worth almost £1m by NHS England to provide a new data and analytics operating model.
-
News
NHS tech funding falls to less than £1bn
NHS England’s technology budget is now worth less than £1bn after a significant amount of cash was diverted elsewhere, HSJ has learned.
-
HSJ Local
Trust set for ‘significant’ windfall after court victory
An acute trust is set to recoup at least £14m from the taxman after winning a judicial review over VAT.
-
HSJ Local
Harm caused by long cancer waits to be investigated by ICB
Commissioners have begun a ‘serious incident review’ across their integrated care system after early indications showed patients may have suffered harm due to long waits for cancer treatment.
-
Expert Briefing
The Download: The Epic conundrum
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Written by senior correspondent Nick Carding. Contact me in confidence here.
-
HSJ Local
System’s trusts failing to tackle ‘completely unjust’ health inequalities
All three acute trusts in an integrated care system are failing to meet national requirements to tackle health inequalities after being overwhelmed by emergency and elective care pressures.
-
Expert Briefing
West Country Chronicle: Not another nightmare year
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
-
HSJ Local
Trust underplayed ‘catastrophic’ IT outage
A major London trust has been criticised for ‘underplaying’ the problems caused by a ‘catastrophic’ IT outage, a new report has revealed.
-
HSJ Local
Planned deficit more than doubles at financially challenged ICS
One of England’s most financially challenged integrated care systems will increase its expected deficit this year by £30m.
-
HSJ Local
Trusts move away from joint EPR plan
A joint electronic patient record system for acute providers across two neighbouring integrated care systems is now unlikely, according to one of the trusts involved.
-
Expert Briefing
The Download: Tech chiefs pin hopes on NHS App
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by correspondent Joe Talora. Contact me in confidence here.
-
News
£480m contract for national data platform tendered by NHS England
NHS England has launched its much-delayed procurement for a new national data platform.
-
HSJ Local
Ex-police chief to chair struggling trust
A former police chief has been appointed chair of England’s most under-pressure ambulance trust.
-
News
NHSE pays £11.5m to extend Palantir data contract
NHS England has extended a controversial contract with tech firm Palantir, following a long delay to its procurement of a new data platform.
-
Expert Briefing
The Download: A turning point for tech?
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Written by senior correspondent Nick Carding. Contact me in confidence here.
-
HSJ Local
Chiefs warn national visits are stretching trust’s resources ‘thinly’
Many visits by national leaders are stretching resources ‘thinly’ at one of England’s most under pressure trusts, its leaders have warned.
-
News
Building ‘40 new hospitals’ requires doubling of construction capacity
Hospital building chiefs have estimated England’s construction market needs to double its capacity to achieve the government’s flagship health infrastructure programme.