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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> NHS computer boss failed IT exams
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Mary Granger is amazed that her son was put in charge of a £20bn
>| project to transform the NHS's computer system. She is less
>| surprised that his 'Connecting for Health' project is over-budget,
>| behind schedule and threatening to become the biggest IT disaster
>| in history.
> `----
>
> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35685
>
But why would we need someone who knows what they're doing? If we had
someone like that, we wouldn't be able to rip-off a load of government
money into private hands for utterly unsuitable software.
>
> Related:
>
> NHS Scotland pools budget for Microsoft savings
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| NHS National Services Scotland forecasts it will save up to £8m over
>| three years from a new procurement deal with Microsoft
> `----
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/30/scottish_nhs_microsoft_procurement_deal/
>
>
> Microsoft in the NHS
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Microsoft is one of the key technology firms in the £6.2 billion NHS
>| IT programme. It is working particularly closely with iSOFT ...
> `----
>
> http://www.e-health-insider.com/comment_and_analysis/index.cfm?ID=69
>
>
> Accenture escapes £1bn penalty for NHS walk-out
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Accenture, the IT and consultancy firm has avoided huge penalty fees for
>| withdrawing from the UK National Programme for IT (NPfIT).
> `----
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/29/accenture_nhs_penalty/
>
>
> Accenture: NHS failure is 'track record for success'
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| After months of negotiations, Accenture handed contracts worth £2bn over
>| to rival Computer Sciences Corporation after getting paid just £110m
>| for spending a third of the allotted 10 years on the job. Its hand had
>| been forced by losses of $450m it was set to make on the deal this
>| year.
> `----
>
> http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/09/28/accenture_failure_success/
>
>
> CfH refutes computer failure claims
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| "Very often they are not major incidents as such, but could be caused when
>| a patient administration system is running slow or there may be problems
>| with the local network. The severity level is attributed by the user and
>| this is subsequently very often down graded or amended."
>|
>| Many of the incidents that have been reported by CfH include failure of
>| the systems used by surgeons to see X-ray pictures on a computer screen
>| in wards and operating theatres. On some occasions the system is believed
>| to have crashed during an operation, forcing surgeons to suspend the
>| procedure while a hard copy of the X-ray is found.
> `----
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/19/cfh_defends_itself/
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| Mark Kent -- mark at ellandroad dot demon dot co dot uk |
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
-- Miguel de Cervantes
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