NHS national programme for information technology

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Changes must involve clinicians and show the value to patient care

John Powell, chairman (John.Powell@soton.ac.uk)

BMA Information Technology Committee, BMA House, London WC1H 9JP

EDITOR—The resignation of Peter Hutton, from his position as chairman of the National Clinical Advisory Board of the National Programme for Information Technology (NPfIT), has highlighted the lack of clinicians' engagement with this £6bn project.

The advisory board represents a much needed injection of resources to NHS information technology systems, which could bring many benefits to care for patients and clinicians' working practices. The Wanless reports have emphasised the importance of …