Govt IT scheme 'set NHS back 10 years'

The chief executive of an NHS trust that opted out of the Government's National Programme for IT has slammed the scheme, labelling it "Not Fit For Purpose IT". Brian James, chief exec of the Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust, told delegates at yesterday's Smart Healthcare Live conference in London that the National Programme for IT had "put back the contribution of IT in the NHS by more than ten years". Rotherham became one of the first NHS trusts to ditch the...