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29 April 2013
Channel 3 Consulting has appointed Ian Cowles as the company's new Managing Director.
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05 April 2013
There has been a lot of discussion about conflicts of interest on CCG boards. 'How can we limit these conflicts, whilst still getting the most out of entrepreneurial minds?' asks Rhys Hefford, Channel 3's CEO.
By Rhys Hefford, CEO of Channel 3 Consulting
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22 February 2013
How can IT maintain a service or platform if IT is always getting harder, more challenging and more costly?
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18 February 2013
You can’t fix a complex system unless you know how it behaves and without accurate and timely feedback.
By Julian Todd, Senior Consultant
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23 January 2013
The day after the Autumn Statement a lot of focus was on the winners and losers. Here, Rhys Hefford, Channel 3's CEO discusses what austerity and recession mean for the public and for the NHS.
By Rhys Hefford, CEO of Channel 3 Consulting
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19 November 2012
Last week Channel 3 Consulting submitted comments to the Department of Health regarding the role DH can play in helping Small and Medium Enterprises with doing business with the NHS.
By Rhys Hefford, CEO of Channel 3 Consulting
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14 November 2012
Channel 3 consulting is pleased to announce that our services are now available through the Government G-Cloud procurement framework.
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05 November 2012
Last month, a small group from Channel 3 Consulting attended the Healthcare Strategy Forum in Manchester.
By Brian Gorman, Director of Strategy
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18 October 2012
Channel 3 Consulting are delighted to welcome Julian Todd to the company. Julian will be joining us as a Senior Consultant specialising in strategic and business analysis, change and transformation, development of business cases and procurement.
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26 September 2012
Channel 3 is pleased to announce Jessica Bradshaw officially started with us last week as Director of Strategy and Transformation, with a focus on major organisational change.
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24 September 2012
Neil Bain has joined Channel 3 as Practice Director, to lead on all areas of consulting engagement, content and structure.
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21 September 2012
Andy Brett, Channel 3's CTO discusses the importance of an intelligent approach to disaster recovery and business continuity in this, our latest White Paper.
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19 September 2012
The Guardian Healthcare Network yesterday published an article by Rhys Hefford, Channel 3's CEO. The article explains the importance of having a commercially switched-on NHS shared service.
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13 September 2012
Channel 3's response to the APG focused on the lessons which Channel 3 has learnt though aiding programmes which aimed to outsource their ICT.
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11 September 2012
Last week there was a cabinet reshuffle which included the replacement of Andrew Lansley with Jeremy Hunt. Here Rhys Hefford, CEO gives his views on the controversial reshuffle.
By Rhys Hefford, CEO of Channel 3 Consulting
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21 August 2012
The Channel 3 Consulting Delivery Team is thrilled to have recruited another three permanent members, reflecting the growth in the company as a whole.
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25 July 2012
Channel 3 is delighted to welcome two new members to our Talent Acquisition team; Jodi Spurgeon and Holly Robinson.
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25 June 2012
The long awaited publication of the Department of Health’s Information Strategy ‘The Power of Information: Putting all of us in control of the health and care information we need’, whilst welcome, has provoked debate and mixed reactions across the health, social care and IT sectors.
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15 May 2012
In the first of a series of Channel 3 Consulting White Papers, CTO Andy Brett discusses the many angles that should be considered by any NHS organisation facing pressure to buy tablet devices.
By Andy Brett, CTO of Channel 3 Consulting
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14 May 2012
It's been a busy time here at Channel 3 as we enter our fourth year and put plans in place to be able to support the growing number of Trusts enlisting our help to become intelligent customers in the ICT marketplace.
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01 May 2012
Channel 3 Consulting celebrated its third year of growth with a 'Company Day' in central London last week.
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19 April 2012
Over the last century pathology laboratories have changed from being a small, widely distributed small scale “cottage” operation to a large commercial multi-million dollar highly-automated industry with high volumes of routine tests performed off site from hospitals.
By Grant Goodman, Consultant
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16 April 2012
If implemented correctly, an e-prescribing system can become an unmitigated success. The uptake of e-prescribing in combination with ever more sophisticated EPR systems may mark an acceleration in research of a scale never before undertaken within the NHS.
By Thomas Webb, Project Manager
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10 April 2012
Channel 3 Consulting has supported Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to sign a new contract for all its ICT services with services provider 2e2.
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27 March 2012
The interview focused on the dire need for NHS Trusts to become intelligent customers now the National Programme for IT is drawing to a close.
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19 March 2012
CEO Rhys Hefford commented "It is a pleasure to welcome Jeremy to the fold..."
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15 March 2012
It is perhaps time to stop placing the blame on private sector service providers and look at exactly what type of customer the NHS is.
By Rhys Hefford, CEO of Channel 3 Consulting
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12 March 2012
Channel 3 Consulting is delighted to announce its partnership with Malomatia.
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06 March 2012
Last week eHealth Insider interviewed our Director of Strategy, Brian Gorman for an update on the programme.
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05 March 2012
Channel 3 Consulting is pleased to announce the appointment of Martyn Forrest, our second Director of Consulting.
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24 February 2012
"Steve's appointment as Chair is an important step forward for Channel 3...Steve will provide outstanding non-executive leadership to the Board."
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21 February 2012
Channel 3 Consulting can now offer its consultancy services to NHS clients through a number of framework agreements set up by the Government Procurement Service.
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20 February 2012
As the Prime Minister hosts another emergency forum today to discuss the Health and Social Care Bill, I wonder whether I’m the only one feeling just a little bit sorry for Andrew Lansley?
By Rhys Hefford, CEO of Channel 3 Consulting
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01 February 2012
To successfully provide commercial services to a public sector organisation, particularly to the NHS, a successful outcome mandates an “Intelligent Customer”...
By Brian Gorman, Director of Strategic Programmes, Channel 3 Consulting
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24 January 2012
As the National Programme for IT grinds to a halt NHS CIOs have a pressing issue to deal with; formerly centrally procured contracts are to be procured and managed at Trust level.
By Rhys Hefford, CEO of Channel 3 Consulting
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23 January 2012
Channel 3 Consulting are to support NHS Yorkshire and the Humber to review and rationalise their current data centre provision across the NHS organisations within West Yorkshire.
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11 January 2012
Emilios Evangeli has joined the Channel 3 Consulting executive team as Director of Programmes.
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06 January 2012
Delivering a significant improvement to our health care service, using the same level of resources will be extremely challenging, but recognising that this is the only game in town way forward is essential.
By Paul Corrigan, Independent Advisor to the Board, Channel 3 Consulting
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05 December 2011
Fundamentally, the NPfIT failed to meet the needs of the NHS, with each care setting requiring different, yet interoperable systems.
By Rhys Hefford, CEO of Channel 3 Consulting
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29 November 2011
Channel 3 Consulting is delighted to announce that Paul Corrigan has been appointed as an independent advisor to our Board.
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11 November 2011
Who does the NHS actually serve?
By Chloe Watson, Communications Manager, Channel 3 Consulting
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19 October 2011
Paul Manvell and Brian Gorman will today present on the future of mobile working healthcare at the Healthcare Strategy Forum taking place in Manchester.
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13 October 2011
On Wednesday I headed up to Westminster to hear the Health Select Committee question Lansley and Nicholson on the progress of QIPP.
By Rhys Hefford, CEO of Channel 3 Consulting
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10 October 2011
Trusts are now more able to make decisions that are in the best interests of their organisations and their local health economy.
By Rhys Hefford, CEO of Channel 3 Consulting
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21 September 2011
Channel 3 are supporting the Trust review how they provide care in order to supply high quality services
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19 September 2011
The EHI Awards are hosted and organised by the healthcare IT news website, E-Health Insider.
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12 September 2011
Channel 3’s brand new website is now live -www.channel3group.com.
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16 August 2011
The cross-party MPs who make up the All Party Group on Outsourcing and Shared Services have made a call for evidence
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02 August 2011
Channel 3 Consulting’s Brian Gorman believes the only way to meet the unprecedented challenge facing the NHS is to link...
By Brian Gorman, Director of Strategic Programmes, Channel 3 Consulting
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02 June 2011
Channel 3 is set to continue its growth with the appointment of Keith Mizon as Commercial Director.
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01 June 2011
The recent "Engaging and Listening" event was an insightful and informative session. I'm sure the representatives from the NHS Future Forum benefitted...
By Rhys Hefford, CEO of Channel 3 Consulting
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16 May 2011
As we enter into our third year of trading, the time has come for Channel 3 to move to new premises
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11 May 2011
Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust is outsourcing all of its IT and communications services to HP Enterprise Services.