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The National Programme for IT in the NHS in England. May 2005. National Programme for IT Background Launched Spring 2002 by “21 st Century IT” policy document Mobilisation from Q1 2003 Procurement completed Q1 2004 We are now 12 months into a 10 year programme.
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The National Programme for IT in the NHS in England May 2005
National Programme for IT • Background • Launched Spring 2002 by “21st Century IT” policy document • Mobilisation from Q1 2003 • Procurement completed Q1 2004 • We are now 12 months into a 10 year programme
Overall Programme Challenges • Scale • Timetable • Complexity • Perception
2003 Retrospective • Challenges • No market interest in NHS from world class suppliers • Immature marketplace • Funding and project profiles were not aligned • Running six large (c. £1bn) procurements concurrently • Result • On time delivery of procurements
2004 Retrospective • Challenges • Supplier mobilisation of some 10,000 people • Detailed specification work locally • Clinical and managerial engagement • Service readiness • Result • Suppliers mobilised, some late • Most of specification completed • Some clinical and managerial engagement – more needed • Many systems delivered
2004 Systems • In Scope & Delivered • Electronic booking • Disaster recovery facilities • NHS Care Records Service: • - patient demographics • - security (smartcards) • - messaging protocols • - reference data (of users, locations etc) • Out of Scope & Delivered • Major new Email and Directory Service >100,000 users • Quality management software to GPs • Quality assessment software to GPs
2005 Challenges • Clinical and managerial engagement • Increasing support for the Programme • Picking up the pace in rollout • External Environment • Engineering delays • Financing risk maturation
Actions to Address Current Challenges • New SRO – John Bacon • Start of Performance Management of NHS • Clinical leads appointed • Extensive refinement of plans with suppliers to ensure deliverability • Some supplier replacement due to non-performance (as envisaged in contract structures) • It will continue to be difficult
Situation Report In Scope & Delivered / Imminent • N3 5,000 connections to GP surgeries • Secondary usage database • ETP live transmissions Out of Scope & Delivered • Completion of QMAS • Completion of QOF • Payment by Results software
ServiceAvailabilityNPfIT Live Systems – September 2004 to April 2005