Hancock orders review of IT plans

Hancock orders review of IT plans
HSJ 10 August 2018

• The new health and social care secretary has ordered national leaders to pause work to move about 15,000 computers on to new IT systems, and to consider a switch to Google software.
• Matt Hancock has ordered a review of plans to switch desktop computers used by the Department of Health and Social Care and other arms length bodies to new IT systems, sources familiar with the decision told HSJ.

IMS Maxims gets G-Cloud 10 accreditation for NHS services

IMS Maxims gets G-Cloud 10 accreditation for NHS services
Digital Health 9 August 2018

• IMS Maxims has announced that it has gained accreditation to offer cloud-based services to the NHS under the government’s latest G-Cloud 10 framework.
• G-Cloud 10 is initiative by the UK government to open up the procurement of public sector cloud services to a wider range of suppliers. The framework, introduced in 2012, enables public sector organisations to access services via the Digital Marketplace.
• IMS Maxims press release here.