Written question asked by Andrew Murrison (Conservative) on Thursday, 3 March 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 17 March 2005. It was answered by Lord Hutton of Furness (Labour) on Thursday, 17 March 2005 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimates his Department has made of the capital and revenue costs of Patient Archiving and Communication systems for each NHS Trust in England and Wales over the next 10 years.

Answer: Dr. Murrison: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimates his Department has made of the capital and revenue costs of Patient Archiving and Communication systems for each NHS Trust in England and Wales over the next 10 years. [220769] Mr. Hutton: Trust-specific estimates are not made centrally. Overall estimates of picture archiving and communications systems work contracted by the national programme for information technology (NPfIT) over the next 10 years are based on the three out of five NPfIT cluster areas in England where contracts have now been signed. The work is estimated to have associated capital and revenue costs of £861 million over the next 10 years.

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