{"id":2003,"date":"2008-10-22T13:06:41","date_gmt":"2008-10-22T17:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calleam.com\/WTPF\/?p=2003"},"modified":"2022-12-27T10:09:23","modified_gmt":"2022-12-27T18:09:23","slug":"national-health-service-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calleam.com\/WTPF\/?p=2003","title":{"rendered":"National Health Service – UK"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following entry is a record in the \u201cCatalogue of Catastrophe<\/a>\u201d –\u00a0a list of failed and troubled projects from around the world.<\/p>\n

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National Health Service – UK
\nProject name :<\/strong> NHS Care Records\u00a0Service
\nDate :<\/strong> Oct 2008 – UPDATED Sep 2010\u00a0Cost :<\/strong>$24B project (World’s largest civil IT project)<\/p>\n

Synopsis :<\/strong>
\nRollout of the Care Records Service component of the UK’s National Program for IT<\/a> grinds to a halt after pilot sites report significant problems.\u00a0 Already 4 years behind schedule, the initial pilot releases in London England were branded a shambles as failure to address culture change issues interacted with ‘technical faults’ to produce weeks of chaos at hospitals.\u00a0 After several months of working on the problems, the rollout is placed on hold as further hospitals wait for the problems to be resolved before allowing the rollout to proceed.<\/p>\n

UPDATE – 10 Sep 2010<\/strong> – Department of Health announces that efforts to centralize health records has now been abandoned.<\/p>\n

Contributing factors as reported in the press :<\/strong>
\nOriginal scope and cost of project was radically underestimated.\u00a0 Original budget was $4.6B, it has subsequently grown to $24B, with some observers estimating it could grow to as much as $40B.\u00a0 Rollout at first pilot site had been hampered by insufficient training for the user community and issues relating to culture change.<\/p>\n

Reference links:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. NHS care record rollout grinds to a halt<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. NHS IT programme is at a pivot point<\/a> (added 12 Dec 2008)<\/li>\n
  3. NHS Given six months to get IT right<\/a> (added 27 Jan 2009)<\/li>\n
  4. Hospital boss appologises for NHS IT problems<\/a> (added 13 Feb 2009)<\/li>\n
  5. NHS IT will not be scrapped completely <\/a>(added 7 Dec 2009)<\/li>\n
  6. NHS IT is mothballed as Brown launches efficiency drive<\/a> (added 7 Dec 2009)<\/li>\n
  7. The future of the National Programme for IT<\/a> (added – 10 Sep 2010) <- Project scrapped<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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