Health secretary Andrew Lansley blocked Norman Lamb from becoming a minister in his department, the Guardian reports this morning after a weekend in which the Liberal Democrat emerged as a high-profile critic of the latest NHS reforms.

The Department of Health may be planning to move quickly on plans to let patients email their doctors and get access to 'unpolished' data.

Analysts expect the NHS to stop spending money on IT in 2011; unless it can show that technology will provide a return on investment or efficiency gains in a matter of months.

Can you remember who promised - yet again - that patients would soon be able to access their health records as easily as their bank accounts?

One of EHI's big themes in 2009 was the impending financial crunch on the NHS. Yet the real impact of the need to make £20 billion efficiency savings was not felt in 2010.

Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust has became the first in the South of England to upgrade its Cerner Millennium electronic patient record system to the London version.

In the final industry round-up of 2010, E-Health Insider has news of a new health lead for BT, product launches, partnerships and company contract wins.

The seven "out of cluster" trusts in London and the South of England that signed a deal with CSC and iSoft to keep their patient administration systems have reached an agreement to continue with their contracts.

The director of service and commercial development at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust has said Lorenzo is "starting to stabilise" seven months after go-live.

2gether NHS Foundation Trust and application developer Mubaloo have launched an app that allows users to monitor their emotional well being and get advice when they are feeling down.

ISoft has signed a marketing agreement with US company, CliniWorks, to market its AccelFind software to organisation and hospitals across the world.

Northgate Managed Services has signed a deal with Carefx, the provider of interoperable workflow systems, to distribute its range of products into the UK health and social care market.

The Department of Health is set to extend its N3 contract with BT for another two years; but is starting to consult on what will replace it.

The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust has implemented a new order communications system from IMS Maxims across 12 of its sites on the mainland and the Isles of Scilly.

The NHS has been told that it should be using the Secondary Uses Service as the "standard repository" for health service data by April 2012.

The seven "out of cluster" trusts in London and the South of England that signed a deal with CSC and iSoft ahead of the National Programme for IT in the NHS are seeking an alternative host for their iPM systems.

The Operating Framework for the NHS in England 2011-12 has detailed the full extent of the financial constraints faced by the health service.

The government has set out its plans for pushing ahead with a massive shake-up of the NHS in England.

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust is piloting the use of iPads for e-prescribing.

ISoft, one of the main suppliers to the National Programme for IT in the NHS, has sold its iSoft Business Solutions subsidiary to British outsourcing firm Capita.