The Independent Review of NHS IT and the Conservative’s response to it may prove a turning point in how the health service chooses and implements information technology.
This supplement draws together all of our news and opinion and analysis coverage of the Review, together with the key documents and reader comments posted so far. We hope you'll add to the debate...
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The Conservatives have promised to “dismantle Labour's central NHS IT infrastructure” and instead move to a choice of local accredited patient record and clinical systems. (4)
The Conservative party has pledged to scrap the NHS Spine and halt and re-negotiate the two main contracts with BT and Computer Sciences Corporation in order to revamp NHS IT. |
13 Aug 2009
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Ewan Davis surprises himself by setting out the case in defence of the NHS Spine. He argues that if we didn’t have it, we’d have to invent it. 
12 Aug 2009
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E-Health Insider's Sarah Bruce gauges reaction to the Conservatives' response to the independent review of NHS IT. 
11 Aug 2009
EHI Primary Care editor Fiona Barr dissects the NHS IT review and identifies the wellspring of ideas that shaped it. |
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This Conservative party commissioned report, chaired by Dr Glyn Hayes, argues that the National Programme for IT in the NHS should be adapted to better meet the needs of patients. Publisher: Conservative Party - 11 Aug 2009
This report welcomes the conclusions of the NHS IT Policy Review Group, launched in 2008 by Stephen O'Brien and Andrew Lansley, including a shift away from Labour's centralised approach to IT. Publisher: The Conservative Party - 11 Aug 2009
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