Category: Politics

Scrapping the National Programme for IT: a journey not a destination

The government’s apparent ending of the NHS IT programme leaves NHS CfH and its BT and CSC contracts unaffected

I wrote about the end of the NHS’s National Programme for IT on many occasions. In each case, the changes represented a scaling-down, not a cancellation. On health records, while England planned something big then reduced it, Scotland planned something reasonable and did it.
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Scotland set to lead on minimum unit pricing for alcohol

Councils in north west England are drafting a bylaw for minimum drink prices, but Scotland may get there first

Scotland is increasingly developing distinctive policies on health, such as minimum unit pricing for alcohol, to deal with its particular health problems. You can read other posts and articles by me on Scotland here.
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