The UK government has decided against suggestions made earlier this year by the Commons Public Accounts Committee to conduct an independent assessment of the NHS's electronic medical records project's business case.
The NPfIT program has been plagued by uncertainty since its inception four years ago. The government insists that everything is fine, but as the testimony taken by Commons Public Accounts Committee suggests, there are plenty of reasons to be concerned.
It is more than likely that in a few years, some government spokesperson will, like in the C-NOMIS situation, call for an urgent review because the NPfIT will also have been seen in retrospect as being a wee bit optimistic.
