I totally agree with your analysis here, Mike. Essentially, if NHSnet
continues to be pushed in terms of "business case" it will become a rather
tragic dead duck.
This is a great shame, since it is an ambitious and much needed project.
Andrew
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> Subject: RE: Locality Communications
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> However, the situation is that few within the NHS are prepared to
> make this marginal expenditure, because the benefits are even more
> marginal. For GPs it represnts a direct loss of their trading
> surplus. For Hospitals, since relatively few GPs are currently
> reachable, the potential gains from investment in either equipment,
> (which is cheap) or staff effort to exploit it (which is both scarce
> and expensive) are presently small. As a consequence, the rate of
> take up is disappointing.
>
> Mike Wells
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