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Oral evidence
Taken before the Committee of Public Accounts
on Monday 26 June 2006
Members present:
| Mr Edward Leigh, in the Chair
| Sarah McCarthy-Fry |
| Mr Richard Bacon | Mr Austin Mitchell
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| Annette Brooke | Dr John Pugh
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| Greg Clark | Kitty Ussher |
| Mr David Curry | Mr Alan Williams
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| Mr Sadiq Khan | |
CONTENTS
Sir John Bourn KCB, Comptroller and Auditor General, National
Audit Office was in attendance and gave oral evidence.
Ms Paula Diggle, Treasury Officer of Accounts, HM Treasury,
was in attendance and gave oral evidence.
REPORT BY THE COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
THE NATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR IT IN THE NHS (HC 1173)
Witnesses: Sir Ian Carruthers OBE, Acting Chief
Executive of the NHS, Mr Richard Granger, Director General
of IT, Mr Richard Jeavons, Director of IT Service Implementation
and Director of Service Implementation, NHS Connecting for Health,
Sir Muir Gray, Director of Clinical Safety for Connecting
for Health, Dr Mark Davies, Primary Care Medical Director
for the Choose and Book programmes and a practising GP in Hebden
Bridge Dr Gillian Braunold, a National Clinical Lead, NHS
Connecting for Health and a practising GP, Department of Health,
Professor Peter Hutton, Dr Anthony Nowlan and Mr Chris
Shapcott, Director of Health VFM, National Audit Office gave
evidence.
Question Numbers
1-19
20-39
40-59
60-79
80-99
100-119
120-139
140-159
160-179
180-199
200-219
220-239
240-259
260-262
Comments from Dr Anthony Nowlan on the evidence session
Letter from Professor Peter Hutton to Chairman, Committee
of Public Accounts
Memorandum submitted by Dr Anthony Nowlan
Letter from Managing Director, Fujitsu Services to the
Chairman of the Committee
Supplementary memorandum submitted by Professor Peter
Hutton
Supplementary memorandum submitted by Dr Anthony Nowlan
Supplementary memorandum submitted by the Department of
Health
Progress with demographics in the NHSCRS since Dr Nowlan's
departure
Correspondence between Richard Bacon MP and Richard Granger,
Director General of NHS IT
Letter from Fujitsu Services
Letter ftom Accenture NHS LSP
Letter from BT Health
Letter from CSC Computer Sciences Ltd
Further supplementary memorandum submitted by the Department
of Health
Supplementary memorandum submitted by the Department of
Health
Supplementary memorandum submitted by the Department of
Health
Supplementary memorandum submitted by Department of Health
Extract from E-Health Insider 15 March 2007
Enclosure 2: Southern Cluster Deployment Summary Report
Letter from Sir John Bourn to Mr Richard Bacon
Supplementary memorandum submitted by the National Audit
Office
Memorandum submitted by Larry Benjamin
Memorandum submitted by Thomas J Brooks
Memorandum submitted by Mrs Barbara Greggains
Memorandum submitted by Ian Griffiths and Simon Bowers,
The Guardian
Memorandum submitted by Simon Bowers, The Guardian
Further memorandum from Simon Bowers, The Guardian
Memorandum submitted by Robin Guenier
Memorandum submitted by David Kwo, Alan Shackman, Bernard
Hunter and various NHS staff
Background: The Central Point of NPfIT
Executive Summary
1. Introduction
2. Current Context
3. What the NAO Report Failed to Do.
4. Questions that the NAO Report Failed to Ask
5. Conclusions
6. Recommendations
Annex 2—Information Sources Website Addresses
Annex 3—Modules to be Delivered by the LSPs
Annex 4—Economic Case of Eastern Cluster ATP
Annex 5—Extract from a Recent PCT Report
Annex 6—Contribution from Bernard Hunter
Annex 7—Comments from an Acute Trust Director of
IM&T
Annex 1—Evidence Submitted to the PAC in June 2006
Appendix 1—Scope of Functionality in LSP Contract
(Eastern Cluster)
Memorandum submitted by Brian Randell
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