20 Jun 2002
Broadband infrastructure and nationally available applications are at the heart of government plans to modernise the NHS.
Computing exclusively previewed earlier this month (6 June) and the National Programme - 'Delivering 21st Century IT Support for the NHS' was officially published last week.
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The five-year strategy outlines how some of the extra £40bn health service funding announced in the budget last April could impact technology spending.
There are no funding commitments in the new document, but the programme assumes there will be significantly more money available from April next year.
A broadband communications network linking GPs and NHS trusts is to be in place by 2005, says the report. Electronic patient records, bookings and prescriptions services are the key applications.
Health minister Lord Hunt said: 'With proper planning and direction, as well as the increased IT investment, clear national standards for IT systems and a streamlined procurement process, we will be able to move up a gear and significantly accelerate the pace of IT development across the NHS.'
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