[Year 12 SofDev] [Year 12 IT Apps] Any lessons to be learned?

[Mark KELLY]

Thanks, Cameron - this is good for SD as well.

And they said in 2007 that the system would never work
(
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1542486/20bn-NHS-computer-system-doomed-to-fail.html
)

On 23 September 2011 08:20, Cameron Bell
<bell.cameron.p at edumail.vic.gov.au>wrote:

> Great Case Study: British National Health Service scraps IT system after 12
> Billion pounds have been spent on it.
>
>
> http://www.walletpop.co.uk/2011/09/22/nhs-computer-system-scrapped-costing-12-billion/
>
> "At a checking in appointment recently the nurse filled out a templated
> survey, and had to make copious notes on a scrap of paper for things that
> hadn't been included on the computer template. At a hospital, three
> different phone calls failed to get details of a forthcoming appointment
> sent to the correct address because it was apparently input incorrectly in
> four different places."
>
> From
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2040259/NHS-IT-project-failure-Labours-12bn-scheme-scrapped.html
>
> "Following an official review, the ‘one size fits all’ IT project will be
> replaced by much cheaper regional initiatives, with hospitals and GPs
> choosing the IT system they need."
>
>
> Cheers
> Cameron
>
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