public accounts committee 6.2bn
Taskforce aims to end NHS care records row
News But at a heated Public Accounts Committee last month, MPs heard claims there had been virtually no clinical consultation or input into the specifications for the records before the contracts went out to tender. [20 Jul 2006]
Blair defends under-fire NHS IT
News Blair also backed the National Audit Office (NAO) report into NHS IT, which has come under fire from some MPs for being too "gushing" amid allegations at a Public Accounts Committee meeting this week that the NAO had been bullied into toning down... [30 Jun 2006]
Leader: No to any NHS IT whitewash
Leader Indeed, at a packed and at times extremely heated Public Accounts Committee meeting at the House of Commons yesterday evening, MPs accused the NAO of giving in to bullying by Department of Health officials and producing a "gushing" and... [27 Jun 2006]
MPs slam NHS IT delays
News NHS CEO Sir Ian Carruthers and NHS director general of IT Richard Granger were grilled on the Connecting for Health programme by MPs during a heated Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting at the House of Commons this week. [27 Jun 2006]
NAO report set to criticise NHS IT refresh
News According to reports, a transcript of a House of Commons public accounts committee meeting revealed that the report by the NAO's comptroller and auditor general, Sir John Bourn, will set out the failures of the National Programme for IT (NPfIT). [24 Mar 2006]
Flagship £64m NHS e-booking system is "12 months late"
News The government had pledged to offer patients the e-booking service by 1 January 2006 but NHS chief executive Sir Nigel Crisp told MPs at a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) hearing this week that while patients will still be able to choose which... [01 Nov 2005]
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