According to SourceUK's website 7th March 07 (http://www.sourceuk.net/article/0/6/latest_dispatch.html) “NHS’s IT programme started at £2.3bn, has risen to £12bn+, but independent experts estimate will end up over £32bn.” I guess one wonders how many hospitals or nurses this represents? Or whether the program will just disappear at the end of Blair’s term? One may ask, have any Government IT initiatives ever been delivered on schedule, on budget and met their objectives? I suspect that one of these days someone may look at the DirectGov project, which cost tens of millions a year and has been overtaken by technology with no measurable benefit and is now miles away form its original objectives!
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