Yet the bullet point before says: "work with PCGs to develop long term plans
for IT investment, to upgrade systems to meet year 2000 compliance, and to
link all practices to _NHSnet_ (their italics, not mine)
Seems to be all things to all people.......
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-----Original Message-----
From: [log in to unmask]
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Adrian Midgley
Sent: 23 August 1998 17:24
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Subject: "Major" "New" IT investment
In HSC 1998/139 the phrase
"- avoid major new IT investment in advance of further guidance which
will follow publication of the IM & T strategy for the NHS"
appears as one of the instructions to HAs.
THe question is of course what constitutes major, and new.
N&E Devon HA readong of it appears to be that any spending at all is
ruled out, no PCs added to existing networks, no upgrades of operating
systems, no installation of ISDN. Nothing.
As usual, I think they are wrong, but has anyone had any sensible
indication of what the authros meant by major and new?
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