Michael Cross: Computerising the NHS needs more sensible debate - The Guardian 22nd May 2008

In the past couple of weeks, two weighty reports have added to a mountain of literature analysing the grand campaign to computerise the NHS in England. One, from the National Audit Office, tells a familiar story: while lots of digital plumbing has gone in on time and on budget, the important bit - the electronic medical record - is running five years behind schedule. The other report (tinyurl.com/3jf6hk) is harder to boil down into one sentence, which may be why the news pages largely ignored it. Bear with me, though, because it is one of the most thought-provoking analyses yet of the Blair government's infatuation with reforming public services with the help of big IT.

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