Photos: A history of the demise of the NHS IT programme
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ComputerWeekly.com
Major incidents hit NHS National System
The National Programme for IT has had several spectacular failures, relating to the system, processes and the IT infrastructure.
The controversial £12.7bn NHS National Programme for IT "is no longer needed", according to the Department of Health, and decision-making power will now be handed back to local NHS IT managers. Computer Weekly has covered the ups and downs of the project extensively since its inception in 2003, and our articles tracked the ultimate demise of the project.