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Speaking at a conference late last month in London, Lord Warner
restated Government support for England’s National Programme for IT in
the NHS (NPfIT) as it stands.
“Let me be clear and unequivocal”, he said, “The Government is
committed to ensuring that the NPfIT is fully implemented and delivered.
We are not going to be deflected by naysayers from any quarter. We
recognise that more needs to be done on articulating the benefits that
the Programme will bring to patients and also to NHS staff.”
Lord Warner also spoke about how he was unconvinced of the need to
conduct another review into the programme: “I do not support the call by
23 academics to the House of Commons Health Select Committee to
commission a review of the NPfIT’s technical architecture. I want the
Programme’s management and suppliers to concentrate on implementation,
and not be diverted by attending to another review.”
bjhc&im November 2006
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