Leo King writes in Computerworld UK: The NHS National Programme for IT, which is now budgeted at £11.4 billion, has no chance of delivering value for money and has failed on all of its crucial elements. That is the verdict of a sharp report, compiled by the National Audit Office, that the prime minister has publicly insisted on assessing before any more deals are signed with suppliers. The report will be followed by Public Accounts Committee hearings and a Treasury report, which will also precede any signature. In an unprecedented statement, the Department of Health has now acknowledged that “the original vision was flawed”. Mr King notes: The NAO heavily criticised the Department of Health for failing to provide any benefits statement against which performance could be measured. In the main hospitals, the systems were “mainly providing administrative benefits, rather than clinical ones”, the NAO warned. They had failed to […]