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London and south east NHS trusts want replacement for NPfIT e-record system to enable data sharing and mobile working NHS trusts in London and the south east of England are planning to spend up to £300m on a replacement clinical and administrative information system. The system is intended to enable information sharing, along with flexible and mobile working. Peter Gooch, associate director of ICT at Camden and Islington NHS foundation trust and chair of the group of trusts, called the 2015 Clinical Information System Consortium, said the decision to advertise for a new system follows consultations...

Department of Health to create content and advisory board to oversee development of electronic emergency care summary The Department of Health is setting up a new organisation to oversee the scope of the clinical content in the NHS Summary Care Record (SCR). It will be known as the summary care record content and advisory board and is intended to consider proposals by the SCR programme board to change the scope of the SCR. "At the first meeting it is expected the board will agree its precise terms of reference and the detailed process it will follow to arrive at its decisions," a spokeswoman...

Current tender process not constructed 'to result in cost-effective services that can flex to dynamic needs of the public' Capita has expressed concerns over the tender process to provide a replacement service for NHS Direct following a report that it had withdrawn from the bidding. Another private sector government service provider, Serco, has already confirmed that it took an internal decision not to bid in the multimillion pound replacement programme to provide a new 24 hour 111 helpline, while Care UK confirmed: "We're not bidding for any 111 contracts at present." Now...

NHS informatics leaders believe US-style health sector financial incentives could drive new NHS information strategy The NHS information strategy will be driven by financial incentives, possibly similar to those introduced by US President Obama, Dr Paul Altmann, chief clinical information officer at Oxford university hospitals NHS trust, told Guardian Government Computing (GGC) at the Westminster Health Forum. "In America one of the things that Obama has done very well is to develop this concept of meaningful use," he said. "So all healthcare organisations are told that they need...

Northern Ireland trust awards five-year deal for voice and data communications Belfast health and social care trust has awarded BT a deal worth up to £20m for a range of voice and data services. Under the five-year contract, BT will provide around 17,000 users with communications technology to support the delivery of healthcare across Northern Ireland. The services will be delivered as part of a two-phase strategy that will cover IP telephony and a suite of unified communications services. The trust said that it hopes that the contract will help drive cost savings. The first phase of the project...

Department awards one-year contract extension to Accenture for picture archiving and communications systems service The Department of Health has extended its contract with Accenture to provide medical imaging systems to NHS trusts in the north-east and east Midlands. The current contract, to provide picture archiving and communications systems (Pacs) will now run until June 2016. The contract value, however, has not been revealed. The Department of Health said the extension gives trusts additional time to plan their long-term, strategic options for medical imaging, in line with the department's...

Up to 1000 iPads could be given to clinicians to access electronic patient records NHS staff at Bradford teaching hospitals foundation trust could soon be using iPads to view the organisation's electronic patient record system under a programme to digitise paper processes at the trust. Bradford has signed a deal with technology firm Kainos to supply, implement and manage the full integration of an iPad front-end with its existing Kainos Evolve electronic patient record (EPR) system. Brent Walker, chief information officer at the trust, told Guardian Government Computing that it could roll out...

North Bristol NHS trust says £2.33m hike in costs of Cerner system in recent months were due to need for extra staff, hardware and technical resources North Bristol NHS trust has confirmed it has overspent on its Cerner electronic patient record (EPR) system by almost 100% in recent months. The trust spent £5.36m implementing a Cerner e-patient record system in the 11 months to the end of February, £2.33m more than orignally planned. The budget overrun was due to the provision of extra "floor walkers" to help hospital staff with the new system and additional technical resources, according...