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Dept of Health

Answer

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what contracts have been awarded under the NHS National Programme for information technology. [144947] Mr. Hutton: The national programme for information technology in the National Health Service focuses on the key developments that will make a significant difference to improving the patient experience and the delivery of care and services. There are four key deliverables: electronic appointment booking, an electronic care records service, an electronic prescribing service and an underpinning IT infrastructure. The following contracts have been awarded: to British Telecom to set up and run the national NHS care records service, worth a total of £620 million over 10 years; to Accenture as the local service provider (LSP) in the North East, worth a total of £1,099 million over 10 years; to BT as the LSP for London, worth a total of £996 million over 10 years as the LSP in the North East and London clusters; to SchlumbergerSema to provide core services for the national Electronic Booking System, valued at £64.5 million over five years. The remaining three LSP contracts for the Southern, Eastern, North West and West Midlands clusters, and the national NHS network (N3) will be awarded in due course.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

144947; 416 c201W;416 c202W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Contracts British Telecom ICT NHS Department of Health NHS National Programme for Information Technology SchlumbergerSema Accenture

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