Payment delays highlight major slippage in NHS IT programme

摘要

The government has revealed that Connecting for Health, which runs the £6.2bn national programme for IT in the NHS, has released £234m to the main contractors - only 4% of the contract value - more than two years into the deals. The low payments to suppliers, disclosed in a parliamentary written answer, highlight the extent of delays in the delivery of the world's largest civil IT programme. The £234m figure also raises concerns about whether suppliers are being paid enough to maintain the economic feasibility of the contracts.