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The UK's largest public service union has started legal action against health secretary Andrew Lansley, claiming that he has refused to properly consult the public on the white paper 'Equity and excellence: Liberating the NHS.'

Doctors have called for a standardised prescribing chart for Scotland and for steps to be taken to develop a standardised chart for the UK.

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West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust has completed a refresh of its storage area network with CSA Waverley.

West Suffolk Hospital NHS Trust has signed a deal with Kainos to transform more than 40m paper case file pages into electronic documents over the next two years.

UK telehealth firm Docobo Ltd has announced an exclusive deal to distribute ComCare, an Australian community care client management system.

News has leaked out that ministers are to scrap the Audit Commission and transfer its audit arm to the private sector.

Microsoft's international business development lead has told E-Health Insider that the company "stands ready" to work with the government on personal health records.

CSC has said that any immediate attempt by the government to end its contract under the National Programme for IT in the NHS would result in legal action.

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The lead author of a critical incident study of the Emergency Care Record in Scotland has said that it shows that the record improves patient care by enabling safer decision making.

The future of Dr Foster Intelligence, the UK's best known provider of hospital performance information and analysis, is under review by KPMG on behalf of the Department of Health and Dr Foster Holdings LLP.

Medicine students starting at Stanford University School of Medicine will this year be given an iPad as part of a trial programme in integrate the mobile device into medical education.

The Royal Liverpool and Broad Green University Hospitals NHS Trust has gone live with a bespoke blood tracking system from MSoft.

Health service union Unison is planning to seek a judicial review over the government's plans for a massive reorganisation of the NHS.

The delayed French electronic health record, Dossier Medical Personnel (DM-Personnel), will be launched by the end of the year, the agency responsible for the programme has said.

The NHS spends up to £86m a year on thousands of websites that are difficult to find, confusing for patients and which do not meet their needs, according to research commissioned for a Department of Health report.

E-Health Insider has launched its dedicated website for this year's E-Health Insider Live 2010 conference and exhibition.

The National Programme for IT in the NHS is set to end in its current guise, with plans tabled for further deep cuts, and the name NHS Connecting for Health to be dropped.

More evidence on the cost-effectiveness of telehealth and telecare innovations is needed to encourage their wider adoption, according to a review of use of assistive technologies in health and social care.