Keir Starmer's techno-fix for the NHS: Déjà vu disaster or brave new blunder? Opinion Beware over promising benefits and underestimating complexity Off-Prem23 May 2023 | 132
NHS England spends £8M to extend Microsoft deals by a month Updated Good day at the Office for Windows giant as nurses still fight for pay raises PaaS + IaaS18 May 2023 | 52
NHS England considered using Palantir tech to manage strike disruption But then opted for spreadsheets instead Databases17 Apr 2023 | 20
UK consortium bid for NHS data platform falls at first hurdle Vows to regroup and come back stronger after failing in bid Palantir is pipped to win PaaS + IaaS17 Apr 2023 | 43
NHS Highland 'reprimanded' by data watchdog for BCC blunder with HIV patients 'Serious breach of trust' says ICO, 'stakes too high' for mistakes in cases like this Security31 Mar 2023 | 26
UnitedHealth's buyout of UK's EMIS could reduce competition: UK watchdog NHS could also be hit with higher prices as a result of the merger, CMA argues in initial investigation Software20 Mar 2023 | 9
NHS threatened with legal action over £480m patient data platform Updated Campaigners ask if Palantir's 'must-win' contract could see tech giants build products on NHS data Spotlight on Databases17 Mar 2023 | 17
UK consortium set to bid for £480 million NHS data platform Syndicate wants to see health service 'stay in control' in face of fierce competition from Palantir Databases28 Feb 2023 | 26
Tech job vacancies hamper England's digital health plans £1.1M ambition to recruit 10,000 pros 'inadequate' says committee Off-Prem22 Feb 2023 | 46
UK health department contracts 'critical friend' for £480m data platform As IT spending drops below promised billions, there's always room for those offering the right kind of feedback Offbeat10 Feb 2023 | 8
UK health minister confirms data platform worth £480m will replicate Palantir dashboards Suppliers competing for lucrative prize will rely on 'interoperability' of existing work from US spy-tech firm Databases06 Feb 2023 | 23
Labyrinth of 371 legacy systems hindered hospital's IT meltdown recovery Guy's and St Thomas' in London spent two months getting back on its feet after heatwave fried datacenter Systems30 Jan 2023 | 38
That NHS England patient data platform procurement, FDP, is live. And worth up to £480m References to Palantir use cases, 'unique tools' litter the tender docs as critics mull legal action Databases11 Jan 2023 | 20
NHS England Palantir contract extension could result in further legal threats After promising to return Covid-era data to NHS, UK govt ploughs on with extension, expansion PaaS + IaaS06 Jan 2023 | 35
French JV wins contract to upgrade NHS Oracle finance system After four years of talks, competition goes to incumbent supplier Databases15 Dec 2022 | 1
Inadequate IT partly to blame for NHS doctors losing 13.5 million working hours Anyone who's ever been in the system will be very familiar with British medical professionals' complaints On-Prem09 Dec 2022 | 115
Rights groups threaten legal action over NHS data pilot based on Palantir tech 'Acute and justifiable fear' in the way patient data is set to be processed, campaigners warn Databases06 Dec 2022 | 21
Doctors call for greater scrutiny of bidders for platform that pools UK's health info Supplier 'ethics' in the spotlight after Palantir makes multimillion competition a 'must-win' PaaS + IaaS25 Nov 2022 | 57
Watchdog warns UK health data platform could damage patients' trust 'This store of confidential data is a national treasure that must never be compromised or treated carelessly' Personal Tech22 Nov 2022 | 30
UK's National Health Service will roll existing Palantir work into patient data platform Does spy-tech supplier have a head start in bidding for the controversial deal it considers a 'must win'? Databases21 Nov 2022 | 37
NHS tech chief dismisses concerns over loss of statutory power to protect patient data Outgoing CEO of NHS Digital says merger with NHS England is needed to 'provide clarity' in tech leadership PaaS + IaaS16 Nov 2022 | 37
Oracle's Larry Ellison shares fears of bankrupting Western civilization with healthcare Comment But the solution may need more than a really big database PaaS + IaaS21 Oct 2022 | 41
LockBit 3.0 malware forced NHS tech supplier to shut down hosted sites Managed software provider Advanced admits some customer data 'exfiltrated' in August ransomware attack Cyber-crime14 Oct 2022 | 2
UK hospitals fall back on pen and paper after Oracle Cerner outage Staff couldn't access patient records and paper stocks were running low Databases12 Oct 2022 | 11
NHS data platform procurement delayed for a second time Questions remain over Palantir's influence after consultancy role for former NHS England director revealed Databases15 Sep 2022 | 29
IBM wins contract to support NHS App Smartphone software set to link more services to patients despite privacy fears Applications06 Sep 2022 | 24
Decisions on health data sharing should not be taken by politicians, citizen juries find Britain's National Data Guardian report also warns NHS needs to earn people’s trust, support for controversial data platform Security31 Aug 2022 | 10
UK's NHS goes to market for $2b HR and payroll system Plans afoot to replace Oracle EBS/AIX system used by 1.8 million staff dating from 2008 PaaS + IaaS25 Aug 2022 | 24
UK hospitals lose millions after AI startup valuation collapses Updated Two trusts saw nearly $18 million go up in smoke when Sensyne Health was delisted from AIM AI + ML17 Aug 2022 | 71
Major IT outage forces UK emergency call handlers to use 'pen and paper' Updated Suspected cyberattack at Advanced takes down part of server estate that hosted range of apps On-Prem05 Aug 2022 | 38
Hospital IT melts in heatwave, leaving doctors without patient records Clinical systems 10 years old, new software due to go live next year On-Prem22 Jul 2022 | 21
UK government refuses public review before launch of NHS data platform Patients must have the right to decide what information is taken from health records, say privacy campaigners Databases20 Jul 2022 | 130
Health trusts swapped patient data for shares in an AI firm. They may have lost millions Deals leave NHS bodies out of pocket after collapse in value of UK health tech company AI + ML06 Jul 2022 | 35
UK govt promises to sink billions into electronic health records for England NHS App role expanded following perceived COVID-era success PaaS + IaaS30 Jun 2022 | 62
UK health privacy watchdog still in talks over who is accessing country's COVID data store Over a year after discussions began, National Data Guardian continues to pursue transparency in health data use Security14 Jun 2022 | 6
Concerns that £360m data platform for NHS England is being set up to fail Delays said to favor Palantir as health service seeks suppliers to support its top-down data revolution Databases13 Jun 2022 | 43
Phishing operation hits NHS email accounts to harvest Microsoft credentials You've won $2m! Now just send me a small fee Security05 May 2022 | 44
Former NHS AI leader joins US spy-tech firm Palantir Move coincides with NHS England's procurement of a far-reaching data platform AI + ML22 Apr 2022 | 21
NHS England seeks £240m data platform to tackle COVID recovery Govt org that led controversial Palantir data store seeks overarching system and help to improve services On-Prem14 Apr 2022 | 8
Hospitals to use startup's AI tech to predict A&E traffic Software will figure out number of beds needed – up to three weeks ahead AI + ML29 Mar 2022 | 21
Fresh concerns about 'indefinite' UK government access to doctors' patient data As England's controversial scheme to grab 55 million citizen's medical data is withdrawn, emergency powers are extended Security23 Mar 2022 | 33
NHS Digital's demise bad for 55 million patients' privacy – ex-chairman IT and data arm now part of NHS England, which could be pressured into data sharing without proper oversight Security04 Mar 2022 | 41
Dido Harding's appointment to English public health body ruled unlawful Hiring of ex-Sainsbury's CEO at NHS Test and Trace also against equality law – court Legal15 Feb 2022 | 74
UK pins hopes on 'latest technology' to whittle down massive National Health Service waiting lists £500m tech consultancy procurement in the offing Software09 Feb 2022 | 95
A fifth of England's NHS trusts are mostly paper-based as they grapple with COVID backlog, warn MPs Recent report on IT-led change must be acted on by NHS leaders to address pandemic fallout On-Prem07 Jan 2022 | 67
Cerner, a company that scooped more than £100m in NHS deals in a year, is in Oracle's crosshairs Updated Big Red targets health records specialist Cerner in $30bn takeover bid Databases17 Dec 2021 | 8
East Londoners nicked under Computer Misuse Act after NHS vaccine passport app sprouted clump of fake entries App runs off a database, and databases are run by humans Security16 Dec 2021 | 105
Thought NHS Digital's wind-down meant it would stop writing cheques? Silly you. It's gone on an IT buying spree £37m signed up for soon-to-be-defunct non-dept public body Off-Prem07 Dec 2021 | 34
UK health secretary confirms end for NHS Digital, architect of the GP data grab debacle NHSX also doomed in shake-up of 'odd' tech leadership structure Off-Prem22 Nov 2021 | 55
Future of the three NHS bodies managing health tech in doubt after £2.1bn cash injection Health secretary signals shack-up could be on the cards Off-Prem18 Nov 2021 | 39
Mind your Ps and queues: Bork makes a visit to the A&E Bork!Bork!Bork! Thanks Windows! Now this is the kind of hospital data-sharing we like to see... Bootnotes14 Oct 2021 | 19
Brit MPs blast Baroness Dido Harding's performance as head of NHS Test and Trace Programme lacked transparency at critical stage in pandemic, report says Databases12 Oct 2021 | 150
England's Data Guardian warns of plans to grant police access to patient data Proposed law could 'erode trust and confidence' in healthcare Databases11 Oct 2021 | 43
UK's NHS hands Accenture another £5m for Test and Trace system for another year What happened to transferring £1,000-per-day consultant work to the civil service? Networks06 Sep 2021 | 11
IBM tossed £20m to keep the Trace side of NHS Test and Trace services running Big Blue continues to reap rewards from pandemic in the UK Networks25 Aug 2021 | 21
UK's National Data Guardian warned about GP data grab being perceived as going 'under the radar' Updated And oh look.... 1.27 million extra opt-outs in July Databases19 Aug 2021 | 31
Watchdog 'disappointed' it took NHS England over a year to release details of access to Palantir COVID-19 data store Updated 18 months after controversial project began, non-departmental public body finally gives up the goods Databases18 Aug 2021 | 70
Without a trace: Baroness Dido Harding to step down as chair of NHS Improvement Anyone fancy applying? Personal Tech10 Aug 2021 | 59
NHS England's £200m ERP replacement misses another deadline as procurement runs 2 years behind schedule Delivery of project to manage £110bn spending 'appears to be unachievable' says UK government's own watchdog Databases02 Aug 2021 | 19
Ex-health secretary said 'vast majority' were 'onside' with GP data grab. Consumer champion Which? reckons 20 million don't even know what it is Guess what? When people find out about the scheme, trust in the NHS falls Databases29 Jul 2021 | 82
Snail mail would be a fool-proof way to inform patients about plans to slurp GP data, but UK govt won't commit 'Campaign of engagement and communication' might not include letter, but junior minister doesn't rule it out Databases21 Jul 2021 | 39
England's controversial extraction of personal medical histories from GP systems is delayed for a second time Doctors wrote to UK government saying they would refuse to hand over data Databases20 Jul 2021 | 89