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Tony Collins is an investigative and campaigning journalist and former Executive Editor at Computer Weekly. With his friend and colleague David Bicknell he wrote "Crash", which found common factors in the world's largest public and private sector IT-related failures. He wrote "Open Verdict", a book on the strange deaths of defence scientists. He writes, and gives talks, on the tensions and disputes between suppliers and users.
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HMRC's IT spend reached a record in 2011/12
HMRC spent a record sum on IT in 2011/12. Are its outsourced costs under control?
by Tony Collins
In March this year the Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude announced that his officials and Capgemini have agreed savings of more than £200m on the "Aspire" contract with HM Revenue and Customs. English: Francis Maude MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office...
November 22, 2012 6:00 AM Read Full Post
IBM in dispute with South West One partners
Has IBM fallen out with three public authorities?
by Tony Collins
IBM has revealed that it is in dispute with three public authorities that comprise its joint venture South West One. The partners in South West One are IBM, Somerset County Council, Taunton Deane Borough Council and Avon and Somerset Police...
August 31, 2012 10:51 AM Read Full Post
Will CSC negotiate a new NPfIT deal?
Could CSC use 200 UK jobs as a lever in talks for a new NPfIT deal?
by Tony Collins
CSC has told investors that its discussions with the UK government on an interim agreement for deploying Lorenzo to the NHS are “continuing positively”.CSC says that an agreement could commit a certain number of NHS trusts to take Lorenzo. Some...
August 15, 2012 12:54 PM Read Full Post
Should this Trust be planning an IT switch to Cerner now?
Should this Trust plan a big IT switch while questions remain over its data, processes and organisation?
by Tony Collins
NHS executives at PCTs in London are asking how it was possible for Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust to lose track of hundreds of patients who were referred for urgent appointments with specialists to discuss possible cancer. The Department of Health...
July 5, 2012 11:59 AM Read Full Post
US hospital takes legal action against Cerner - why it matters to the NHS
Small Kansas hospital in legal action against e-patient record supplier Cerner
by Tony Collins
Joel Schectman, a reporter at the Wall Street Journal, has researched the case of a small hospital in Kansas that is blaming Cerner for the failure of an electronic medical records project.Cerner is one of the world's largest suppliers of...
June 29, 2012 5:30 AM Read Full Post
Why is DH paying to keep Healthspace project alive?
There is evidence the Healthspace project has been failing since 2010. Why is it still being kept alive?
by Tony Collins
HealthSpace, a Department of Health system for patients to keep information about their health, is to close “from” March 2013.There is evidence that the system has been failing for years, at least since a report commissioned by the Department of Health...
May 25, 2012 8:02 AM Read Full Post
Ian Watmore's departure - a personal view
Is Ian Watmore's departure the end of an era
by Tony Collins
Ian Watmore, who leaves the civil service next month, has his critics, David Moss among them. For me Watmore's time in the civil service has been marked by openness, honesty and a lack of ego. Many times he has been before Parliamentary...
May 17, 2012 1:43 PM Read Full Post
Hospital staff report "clinical incidents" after Cerner NPfIT go-live
Response to FOI request suggests troubled go-live of Cerner system in Bristol has had potential clinical implications
by Tony Collins
North Bristol NHS Trust has reported 16 clinical incidents which it says are related to the implementation of a Cerner Millennium system in December 2011.The disclosure under the FOI Act suggests that the Cerner go-live under the NHS IT scheme...
March 20, 2012 1:32 PM Read Full Post
Lessons from IT-related project failures - Logica's CE
Wise words on the NPfIT and other failures from Logica's CE Andy Green
by Tony Collins
Evan Davis and three business leaders have discussed on BBC R4's The Bottom Line the failure of IT-related projects, particularly the NHS IT scheme NPfIT.The BBC programme was entitled "Cock-ups and Conspiracies" and had as one of the guests Andy...
March 13, 2012 11:37 AM Read Full Post
CSC to cut £1bn from its NHS contracts? Not yet ...
Is the Department of Health preparing to pay for CSC to remain in the NPfIT?
by Tony Collins
The Times reports that CSC is to cut at least £1bn from its NHS IT contracts. E-Health Insider reports that the Department of Health has secured savings of £1bn from CSC. But nothing is certain yet.CSC announced in a filing...
March 6, 2012 12:09 PM Read Full Post
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