Nine London trusts are tendering for what may be the largest EPR deal outside the National Programme. Worth £250m to £400m, industry experts suggest that Cerner is in poll position to take the contract.

An editorial on the influential Conservative Home website claims the health bill could be fatal to the party’s electoral chances. Meanwhile a GP’s e-petition to have parliament drop the bill has past 100,000 signature mark, meaning it must be considered.

The social media revolution has reached the DH with official guidance having now been issued urging staff to get Tweeting as part of the department’s digital communication strategy.

The Department of Health has signed a concordant with Medilink UK to work together to accelerate the adoption of telehealth and telecare technology in the UK, reports the  British Journal of Healthcare

One in four patients have their hospital appointment moved to a later date, a survey has revealed. The Daily Mail says that last year 23% had their consultation with a specialist postponed, up from 21% in 2009.

Health secretary Andrew Lansley faces a torrid time with the Lords defeating the government in a vote on the health bill. At the same time Downing Street was forced into denying reports that they wanted him ‘taken out and shot’.

An electronic record viewer has been greeted by emergency doctors at Scarborough as like ‘turning on a light’. EHI reports that staff can barely remember how they coped before the new CRV went live in January.

The NHS spends £60,000 a day on translating documents, according to think tank 2020Health. It suggests that much of the work repeats what has been done elsewhere and could be saved by creating a central pool of translated documents.

According to EHI Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust and Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust both recently informed suppliers that their EPR tender notices have been cancelled.

The King’s Fund claims that billions of pounds are wasted because mental health conditions go undetected where there is a co-existing long-term physical condition