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Originally Posted by jaysay
The plans for Computerising the NHS in Engand will be delayed even further after a suppliers contract wa terminated. Fujitsu's contract was terminted at a cost of around £900,000, the total cost is going to be £12.7 billion. This IT system, which is already 4 years behind, will transfer all patient records to computer
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Private Eye ran an in-depth story about this quite some time ago, during the Blair era. At that point, the cost was quoted at £12.4 billion although, like the cost of the London Olympics, the amount is rising all the time.
As they said, £12.4 billion would pay for...
26,000 doctors for ten years.
65,000 nurses for ten years.
The NHS's record 2005/06 decifict 23 times over.
every hospital built since 1997 three times over.
Instead, we have a potentially unworkable IT system.
Classic New Labour.
