Hmm Reading that report--it sounds like Fujitsu realised they could not deliver what was needed and decided to cut and run. Now was that because of their own lack of skills etc or was it that they found the NHS environment unsuitable? Or what? On a related story, over here in NI the centrally-supplied and supported internet connections to GP surgeries are sluggish, mostly. Not up to the standard of home (in my case, semi-rural) broadband at all. Yet when I work in Canada, centrally-supplied internet is quite adequate. They also have PACS online to all GP offices and hospitals--is it called that here? Digital x-ray? And it works pretty well, mostly, with the odd slow down. Declan