In article <[log in to unmask]>, dated Mon, 31 Aug 1998 at
00:11:42, Trefor Roscoe <[log in to unmask]> writes
>Adrian Midgley wrote:
>
>> >From the BMJ this week (29 Aug page 555)
>>
>> Sir Alan Langlands it appears briefed the Public Accounts Ctee of the
>> House of COmmons that computer problems for GPs are a lot less serious
>> than in other parts of the NHS, with more than 80% of GPs aware of the
>> issues (millenium bomb) and that GPs also had good apper backup systems
>> as an important safety net.
>
>On what evidence does he base this. anyone on the list like to think 80% of
>their colleagues understand Y2K? Who paid for the research that allowed us
>to know about the problem? Having realised there is a problem is a lot
>different to solving it, especially financially. Do 80% of GP's have the
>funding to cope with Y2K?
>
It is perhaps also worth observing that GP's will also have to cope with
the effects of Y2K non-compliance in all the other areas that are part
of our daily lives. Not only that, but the same effects will conceivably
impact the health of their patients, e.g. stress related conditions, and
thus increase work-loads. While no-one can predict the extent of the
disruption caused by systems failing over such an all encompassing field
of services, there are no precedents on which to base such predictions,
any statements that attempt to minimise the potential severity of the
situation that is rapidly approaching are ill-informed and in themselves
an indication of lack of preparedness.
Chris
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