Monthly Archive for April, 2008

MoD consulting contracts

Hansard written answer report on defence consulting contracts.

NHS interim head leaves

Matthew Swindells has left NPfIT for a consultancy role in the private sector. He replaced Richard Granger who left in January. NPfIT is looking to recruit a new DG-level CIO.

Southwest One faces some media issues

A local MP has slammed the project in the press, IBM has come back to say that work will be done in Somerset.

NE Patches grows shared service offering

The North East Patches, an organic competitor to NHS Shared Business Services, owned by Steria (was Xansa) continues to extend its reach. Is this shared infrastructure, but not processing, a model for the NHS?