In message <[log in to unmask]>, Adrian Midgley
<[log in to unmask]> writes
>Never appear on stage with animals or children, W C Fields is
>alleged to have advised.
>
>To this one might add computer programs.
>
>NHS Net failed to allow connection to the Internet this morning[1],
>the gateway is broken again.
>
>This performance is monumentally unimpressive, but the demonstration
>was the best that could have been provided, this _is_ what is being
>thrust upon us. At present it is not good enough.
Quite agree
My practice manager will be relieved - she was expecting email yesterday
(14.10.98)
We've had promise after promise that the problem is being fixed.. to be
fair, no-one's mentioned daffodils yet!
If we have to make contingency plans for Y2000 breakdown, has anyone
considered how a wired-up NHS can make contingency plans for frequent
absence of electronic communication?
Mary
>[1] At the Practice Computing sponsored "Computers for the Rest of
>Us" at Gatwick today, chaired by me, demo by Nick Booth.
Mary Hawking Kingsbury Court Surgery Church Street Dunstable LU5 4RS
tel:01582 663218 (surgery)fax:01582 476488 (surgery)
Member of British Healthcare Internet Association
Dunstable and Houghton Regis Locality Commisssioning Pilot
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