By Tim Castle Reuters - Tuesday, April 17
an influential committee of MPs said on Tuesday. The 12 billion pound National Programme for IT is already more than two years behind schedule, the Commons Public Accounts Committee noted in a report. the largest non-military computer project in history -- were "struggling to deliver". One of the largest, Accenture Ltd, withdrew in January after making a 240 million pound loss on the project. "The programme is not looking good," said committee chairman, Conservative MP Edward Leigh. To date more than 2 billion pounds has been spent, "Scepticism is rife among the NHS clinicians four years down the line, the costs and benefits for the local NHS are unclear." The project's aim is to improve treatment by making patient records, most of which are still on paper, available electronically throughout the country. The group of MPs levelled specific criticism at iSoft, the troubled IT firm responsible for supplying around 60 percent of the software. |
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