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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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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
Whitehall asks IT company about "tea at The Ritz" offer to GPs
Department of Health asks GP IT supplier TPP about its incentives to GP leaders
by Tony Collins
The Department of Health has asked TPP, a supplier to the Department of Health and the NHS, about its offer of “tea at The Ritz” or two tickets to a West End show to GP leaders in return for helping...
January 30, 2012 10:34 AM Read Full Post
DWP justifies £316m HP contract in era of small deals
Is the DWP providing a financial safety net to some of the biggest IT suppliers
by Tony Collins
Some within the industry say that big outsourcing deals have all but dried up and that large suppliers are worried. Nevertheless there is a refuge for some of the biggest IT suppliers at the Department for Work and Pensions which seems...
January 27, 2012 12:03 PM Read Full Post
Intellect and DH have a joint plan - but for what?
A joint health plan by Intellect and DH informatics Directorate states the obvious - and no more
by Tony Collins
It is good that the Department of Health’s Informatics Directorate and Intellect are working together but it is unclear what the joint teams talk about apart from the weather. The two sides have drawn up an unimpressive document “A joint plan...
January 6, 2012 9:54 AM Read Full Post
NHS IT scheme still soaking up billions says The Times
The Times suggests on its front page today that CSC is to get £2bn from NPfIT deals
by Tony Collins
A headline at the top of front page of The Times today says:Exclusive - NHS computer fiasco still costing billionsThe Times continues with three inside pages (6-8) on how CSC is banking on getting £2bn for its failed system, why...
December 8, 2011 10:15 AM Read Full Post
Does hospital IT need airline-style certification?
Would patient safety be improved with airline-style certification or regulation?
by Tony Collins
Earlier this month the pilots of a Boeing 787 “Dreamliner” carrying 249 passengers aborted a landing at Okayama airport in Japan when the wheels failed to deploy automatically. The pilots circled and deployed the landing gear manually.About a year ago...
November 30, 2011 9:27 AM Read Full Post
Free Microsoft upgrade when you threaten open source?
Cabinet Office official suggests Microsoft may offer free upgrades if confronted by open source bid
by Tony Collins
Qamar Yunus, assistant director in the Cabinet Office ICT policy team, says that Microsoft provided its software for free when a government department decided to pilot open source LibreOffice as an alternative to upgrading its Microsoft software.Yunus was making the...
November 11, 2011 6:00 AM Read Full Post
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