INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Independent Review of NHS and Social Care IT (August 2009)
This review was commissioned by the Conservative Party and chaired by Dr Glyn Hayes. The report finds that the National Programme for IT should not be abandons but adapted to meet the needs of patients.
Report

Conservative Party response to the Independent Review of NHS IT (10th August 2009)
The key proposals of the Conservatives response are:

• Dismantle the central NHS IT infrastructure and use local systems instead
• Halt and renegotiate the contracts for IT service providers
• Stop imposing central IT systems on the NHS
• Encourage the use of open source across the public sector

Response

Response to Conservative Party's independent review (10th August 2009)
A Department of Health spokesperson has said, in response to the independent review of NHS IT, "The report highlights nothing new - we already know that quality healthcare can be delivered through the effective use of IT."
Response