Dr Harvey wrote
>Have any other Practices been refused 50% reimbursement of initial costs
>of a system upgrade because "the money's not there"?
In Sheffield, if you're not doing links upgrades basically it's the same. We
did help out some stuck M/Doc practices who needed massive upgrades as an
emergency one-off measure.
>LMC feels that computer systems funds should be ring-fenced
Personally I agree but I think I may be in the minority of HA staff, I also
think it should be set at a reasonable level bearing in mind the chronic
lack of investment in recent years. With H/w prices so low at present, it's
too good an opportunity to miss, but it looks like we will.
>Where should we go from here?
The current NHS IMG Strategy is going to fail (if its not already) due to a
lack of funding at the right places. Maybe the upcoming review will
re-target the priorities and funding. <FOL>
Mick
~ Rebel with a soldering iron ~
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