Statement on Summary Care Records 'unsent updates' 2 Aug 2010

There has been recent media coverage of changes to GP records that have not been sent to the Summary Care Records (SCR) and the role of GPs in the opt-out process for patients.

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Choose and Book reaches 20 million patient referrals 25 Mar 2010

The Choose and Book programme has today announced that it has reached a key milestone of 20 million patient referrals having been booked using the system.

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GP2GP hits million mark 6 Apr 2010

One million electronic health records have been transferred using the GP2GP service, part of the National Programme for IT.

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PACS proves its mettle in the "big freeze" 25 Feb 2010

The picture archiving and communications system (PACS) has proved its mettle in England's recent "big freeze" by allowing clinicians to respond with fast safe diagnosis and treatment for patients injured in the severe weather.

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N3 to offer national videoconferencing service 25 Feb 2010

N3, the secure national broadband network for the NHS, is to offer trusts a national videoconferencing service via BT.

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NHSmail hits major milestone 9 Feb 2010

There are now 500,000 registered NHSmail accounts and over half a billion emails have been sent since the new service went live just over a year ago.

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Guidance issued for Internet Explorer 6 vulnerability 29 Jan 2010

The Department of Health Informatics Directorate has issued guidance to advise NHS trusts how to respond to security concerns about the internet browser 'Internet Explorer 6'.

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N3 wins e-Government award for sustainability efforts 22 Jan 2010

N3, the NHS Connecting for Health service that provides fast broadband networking to the NHS, has won an honour for the second year running, at the e-Government National Awards 2009.

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Department of Health appoints clinical director for informatics 4 Mar 2010

Charles Gutteridge has been appointed as the first national clinical director for informatics, the Department of Health announced today.

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