Hi Mike Yes, you are fundamentally correct. 10B+. GB
The previous government decided it would be a good idea if everybody's health data was kept on one data base. This was started in 2002, to be finished in 2 years!!!!! The concept was that you could go to any hospital and they could access your data. So, for instance , if you were in any hospital because of a traffic accident they could see you were allergic to penicillin, and deal with you accordingly. It was also stated you could choose the time that you wanted to see the consultant. The Prime Minister (Blair) actually stated this would mean you could get your appointment to suit your bus timetable! Your GP, general practitioner, could also access your info and see what the consultants were saying about your condition, also see your Xrays etc. The whole thing is unravelling big time. The current situation is it will cost 400 Million to finish it, it will also cost 400 million to cancel it! Which is cheaper, we are well aware that to continue will cost a dahm site more that 400 M. I believe only some 3 health districts have gone ahead with it. Most have bought off the shelf software (USA?) as that appears to work. The present gov. has stated that any IT project must not cost more than 100 million (GB). Basically politicians dreamt up a concept and allowed Civil Servants, who know nothing about software, to being conned by business. I will get some more info on this if others are interested. Kind regards Andrew Stirling 01250 874580 supp...@calcpay.co.uk http://www.calcpay.co.uk HMRC Accredited UK payroll program On 26/09/2011 00:55, Mike Copeland wrote: > Does anyone on the list know what the deal is with the huge software > ($17B) program in the UK that was supposed to be used to manage all > healthcare for the nation? I heard the plug was pulled and the program > scrapped entirely. > > Just wondering what could make a software project worth $17B and be > worthless... > > Just in passing, it sounds like the same kind of initiative that is > being pushed for healthcare here in the US. > > Mike > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [NF] Programmers From India > From: Jeff Johnson<j...@san-dc.com> > To: profoxt...@leafe.com > Date: 9/25/2011 6:46 PM > > Ricardo, I've worked with trucking companies for most of my career. They > go to conferences and one influential trucking president purchases the > greatest software program for trucking there is. Everyone follows and > wonders what he was thinking. I have gone on site and asked them how it > is working for them. They say "I have no idea why we bought this." Money > down the drain. > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/4e7fd4c3.7040...@calcpay.co.uk ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
