Mark Williams wrote:
> On Thursday 22 Jan 2004 1:05 pm, Davies Tom (South Peterborough PCT)
> wrote: [snip]
>>
>> In any case, said Granger, GPs will be more interested in what the
>> new system does than which brand it carries. "We are looking for
>> functionality, not a particular brand." But he indicated that he has
>> little patience with critics among the GP IT community.
>>
>> "There are GPs in the IT community and GPs who want to be in the IT
>> community who are passing comment. I would ask them to question their
>> record in creating the present inefficiencies, because they were
>> there when it happened."
>
> WooHoo!
>
> I can safely say that our role has been to criticise the way the
> government has mis-handled the development of the NHS-net, the delay
> & non-roll-out of ICRS or whatever they choose to call the vapourware
> of the week, and to speak out against the concept of over-riding 20
> years of GP IT development in a brusque, arrogant and ill-informed
> manner. How dare a representative of the body that banned development
> by GP systems suppliers of independent GP - GP transfer, say we are
> in any way responsible. The plethora of constructive advice available
> to this & prior governments is stunning, the amount heeded minimal.
>
> Added to which, why does he think secondary care IT is sooo far
> behind?
>
> Good job Richard Granger isn't a total tosser then. He WANTS us to
> reflect on our part in this, & compare it to THEIRS??
>
> Oh dear. & He's meant to be in charge.
Yeah but he wasn't there so knows fuck all about how complex the systems
are and how difficult it is to do it in the way we are at the moment.
Interesting times.
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