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Robert Mugabe, spin and the NPfIT

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Robert Mugabe blames Zimbabwe's problems on the white man. Much less significant, but no less ridiculous, are the comments of Whitehall officials who ascribe to the media all the ills of the NHS’s National Programme for IT.

There are some excellent comments on NPfIT spin on E-Health Insider’s website. Here’s one comment:

“NPfIT has for too long focused on busting myths when many of the so-called the myths are real perceptions based on real user experience... Rather than ridicule the myths and roll out the same tired pointless statistics get out on the front line and deliver systems …”

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E-Health Insider

Government spin - Whitehall tries to disparage our article about whether NHS data is going overseas

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