The government claims £1 billion savings as parts of NPfIT live on
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Giant NHS Project NPfIT Lives Beyond The Grave
CSC may still get paid to implement Lorenzo records system
Health Trust Fined £175k After Website Gaffe
Torbay Care Trust says it is disappointed by the fine, but it will pay up
Belfast Health Trust Gets £225,000 Data Breach Fine
A Belfast Trust is lumped with a big fine but says the penalty won't harm patient care
CSC And NHS In Fresh Lorenzo Deadlock
SEC filing casts doubt on future of 'unworkable' Lorenzo records system
NHS Trust Outraged By ICO £325,000 Data Breach Fine
NHS Trust says its appeals were ignored by the ICO, as it expresses dismay at the record data breach fine
NHS To Publish Anonymised Patient Data
The long-delayed Department of Health information strategy plans to release anonymised patient data to researchers, industry and the public
NHS Trust To Appeal ICO Fine
Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust says ICO has "acted incorrectly"
NHS Hit With Its First Data Breach Fine
An NHS body in Wales gets hit with a £70,000 fine after sensitive data is sent to the wrong patient
CSC Cuts 640 More Staff After Failed NHS Project
CSC staff on the failed NPfIT get compulsory redunancies
GE Healthcare Admits Sending NHS Patient Data To US
NHS IT Provider says 600,000 patients have no need to worry
CSC And NHS Reach £900m IT Service Compromise
The NHS is free from further NPfIT payments. and CSC is still pitching - with a promise to save the government £1 billion
Government Prescribes Medical Apps For Smartphones
Is there a doctor in the house? Andrew Lansley suggests we all check our smartphones, as part of an NHS drive
CSC Confirms 500 Jobs At Risk After NHS Project Cancellation
CSC has confirmed in a statement that 500 jobs are at risk following the botched NHS health care records system project
Atos Signs a Five Year Deal with the Department of Health
The company behind controversial Work Capability Assessment will continue working for the NHS
MP Calls For A Halt To ‘Dangerous’ NHS Booking System
Despite the cancellation of the NHS Programme for IT, patients' lives ar at risk from its booking systems, an MP has said
NHS Trust Will Appeal Against ICO Penalty
The Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust will appeal if fined £375,000 by ICO
Push To Allow NHS Patients To See Medical Records Online
New proposals from the influential NHS Future Forum could allow patients to view their medical records online by 2015
CSC Warns Of Huge Write-down Over Botched NHS Project
CSC has admitted it may have to write off the entire value of its investment in the NHS NPfIT system fiasco
Government Digital Service Opens For Business
The GDS is now in place to reduce the cost and improve the quality of government online services
CSC Expecting £2bn For Botched NHS Project
The NHS NPfIT system fiasco is set to cost the British taxpayer another £2 billion in cancellation fees
NHS Loses 800 Patient Records On Unencrypted USB
The Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust lost the records of 800 patients and did not inform them
UK Government To Dismantle NHS IT Programme
The world's largest public sector IT project has officially failed, but experts say nothing has changed
ICO Censures Manchester Hospital For Data Breach
A Manchester hospital has lost information about patient treatments in the latest NHS data breach scandal
Axe The NHS Patient Care Scheme, MPs Demand
Abandon the National Programme for IT healthcare system, says a PAC report which casts blame on CSC and BT
Hospital Denies Forcing Visits By Skype
A hospital has denied it was forcing relatives to use Skype instead of visiting them in hospital
Health Department Lost Hundreds Of Laptops
More than 250 laptops have gone missing from the DoH over the last 10 years - many of them unencrypted
ICO Warns NHS Over Ongoing Data Breaches
The ICO has censured five NHS organisations for data breaches and said it must do more to protect data
FBI Raids US Home Of Suspected Lulzsec Hacker
The net tightens around hacktivists, as the FBI raids the home of another suspected Lulzsec member
NHS Researchers Lose Laptop With 8m Patient Records
Researchers for London Health Programmes have lost unencrypted records of 8.63 million NHS patients