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Future of the NHS: Medical records online could transform healthcare

News Although the number of people with access to more detailed records on the HealthSpace website will grow as more hospitals upgrade their patient administration systems to handle national electronic medical records,... [21 Aug 2009]

Was £26bn IT savings claim sexed up?

News The Treasury Committee's report calls for the government's spending watchdog, the National Audit Office, to examine how the savings were calculated to make sure they are an accurate... [29 Jul 2009]

Labyrinthine IT systems lose MoD almost £300m

News Failings in computer systems used by the Ministry of Defence led to the loss of almost £300m in payments and equipment, the National Audit Office (NAO) has found. The MoD's problems are... [21 Jul 2009]

'Fundamentally flawed, almost certainly illegal': Gov't databases

News A national identity card that became essential for government and financial transactions would also establish an audit trail to which the intelligence services and much of the police would have... [23 Mar 2009]

Prisoner database hit by delays, budget blowout

News The projected spend on the system has now risen to £513m, a report by the National Audit Office (NAO) has found. The National Offender Management Information System... [12 Mar 2009]

20-year-old tech poses "risk" to British justice

News The aged Crest case management system is unable to share data between courts, forcing staff to print out and retype information every time a case is transferred, according to a National Audit... [05 Mar 2009]

UK asylum agency stuck in the tech dark ages

News The UK Border Agency's use of the machines to send a large amount of documents relating to asylum seekers exposes the agency to a "greater risk of error" and is "costly" compared to using email and "internet portals", a report by the... [22 Jan 2009]

£7bn MoD IT project: Late, overbudget, unloved

News The PAC report follows a National Audit Office (NAO) report last July which found the DII was running more than a year late. An MoD project to replace hundreds of legacy computer systems... [15 Jan 2009]

IT helps sloppy contract handling cost UK £160m

News The report, from the National Audit Office (NAO), blames Whitehall mismanagement of service contracts in IT, facilities management and business process outsourcing for lost potential... [18 Dec 2008]

Battlefield tech busts budget by £141m

News A National Audit Office (NAO) report into 20 Ministry of Defence major projects to develop a range of aircraft, vehicle, communication, missile and detection systems found that over the... [17 Dec 2008]

The 10 projects at the heart of NHS IT

News A National Audit Office report in May this year highlighted serious delays in introducing the electronic care records system at the heart of the scheme due to technical challenges, while... [10 Nov 2008]

BBC puts software licensing in the spotlight

News The Beeb has said it has removed 780 licences, costing £150 each, from staff using its SAP electronic purchasing system, after it faced criticism from the National Audit Office for... [31 Oct 2008]

Lost data total nears 30 million records

News November 2007: In what amounts to one of the most colossal data breaches in the public sector, HM Revenue and Customs admits 25 million records containing the names, addresses, dates of birth and National Insurance... [30 Sep 2008]

PAYE system not ready for rollout

News The suspension of the system comes as a report from the National Audit Office revealed HMRC had spent £552m on IT transformation between 2006 and March 2008. The launch of a computer... [21 Jul 2008]

The £500k hunt for missing HMRC discs

News Police are believed to have searched National Audit Office buildings, two HMRC premises and other government buildings, the Royal Mail depot in Belfast, four TNT depots and a rubbish tip... [18 Jul 2008]

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