NHS £13bn IT programme to be overhauled - good luck with that

Re:NHS £13bn IT programme to be overhauled - good luck with ... by dreemteem on Tuesday July 13, 2010 @05:03AM (#1510821)

£13bn? Are these people nuts? That's more than 10% of the total NHS budget.

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Re:NHS £13bn IT programme to be overhauled - good luck with ... by kierank on Tuesday July 13, 2010 @06:19AM (#1510918)

It's £13bn over a number of years.

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Re:NHS £13bn IT programme to be overhauled - good luck with ... by user24 on Tuesday July 13, 2010 @06:08AM (#1510899)

yeah, the benefits afforded by IT aren't worth 10%.

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Re:NHS £13bn IT programme to be overhauled - good luck with ... by c1sc0 on Tuesday July 13, 2010 @07:33AM (#1511018)

Actually, in many use cases & for many organisations 10-20% of budget on IT is a very reasonable ratio. As hackers we may not like it, but that's how the real world functions.

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Re:NHS £13bn IT programme to be overhauled - good luck with ... by user24 on Thursday July 15, 2010 @03:25PM (#1518854)

I was being sarcastic. Evidently I wasn't clear enough.

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