Archive for April 16th, 2006

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Sunday, April 16th, 2006

NHS computer delays surgery

“One of the first hospitals in the country to test the new software of a £6.2 billion NHS computer system has blamed it for the disappearance of patient records, cancelled operations and delays in outpatient appointments.

The problems have been so severe that the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre NHS Trust in Oxford is still unable to collate basic patient data or compile waiting list records for the Department of Health

Gordon Hextall, the chief operating officer of the project, admitted this weekend that the final cost of the project to the NHS could reach £15 billion.”

Repeat after me, there is no problem. Everything is going according to plan & these are just teething troubles.

More about the Nuffield experience.


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