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, how many trusts in each of the clusters of the NHS National Programme for IT have signed off full trust business cases to take picture archiving and communications systems from their local service provider.

Answer: Dr. Murrison: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many trusts in each of the clusters of the NHS National Programme for IT have signed off full trust business cases to take picture archiving and communications systems from their local service provider. [220864] Mr. Hutton: Two trusts have signed off full business cases to implement picture archiving and communications systems (PACS). Governance arrangements are being adhered to at other sites where PACS implementation work has commenced, to ensure appropriate due diligence, while they await final sign-off of their business cases.

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