Stephen O'Brien
From Nhs It Info
(Eddisbury, Conservative)
Parliamentary Question (25 Apr 2006)
"To ask the Secretary of State for Health what protocols are in place for the suspension and termination of contracts between providers and Connecting for Health."
Parliamentary Question (27 Apr 2006)
"To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) why Connecting for Health has suspended its contract with ComMedica; (2) which Minister approved the suspension of the contract with ComMedica; and if she will place in the Library the advice that Minister was acting upon; (3) how much the suspension of the contract with ComMedica has cost since 10 January; (4) what part of the National Programme for Information Technology ComMedica was delivering; how it was delivering that part of the programme; what alternative delivery system Connecting for Health requires; and what the bidding process will be to deliver that system; (5) what assessment she has made of the impact of the suspension of the contract with ComMedica on the costs and the delivery of the part of the National Programme for Information Technology for which the company was responsible; (6) what assessment she has made of the costs to date of the decision of Connecting for Health to suspend its contract with ComMedica; and what estimate she has made of the likely consequential costs in the next two financial years."
House of Commons Debate (9 May 2006)
"The Secretary of State has not listened to NHS staff or to patients. She has consistently meddled and interfered, using centralised, top-down management under the cloak of the word "local", and ducking the blame as her meddling goes wrong. . . She has made little progress on the targets for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and her NHS information technology programme is behind schedule, under fire from the experts and of uncertain cost—and what a cost."
Parliamentary Question (25 May 2006)
"To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the ability of the NHS IT programme to respond to developments in information technology."
Parliamentary Question (7 Jun 2006)
"To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for North-East Milton Keynes (Mr. Lancaster) of25 April 2006, Official Report, column 1071W, on choose and book, for what reasons the statistics on the Connecting for Health website of 296,655 choose and book bookings to 25 April 2006 differs from that given in the answer."
Parliamentary Question (16 Jun 2006)
"To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the (a) budget and (b) outturn was for Connecting for Health in (i) 2004-05 and (ii) 2005-06; and what the proposed outturn is for 2006-07."
Parliamentary Question (16 Jun 2006)
"To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will publish the progress statistics alongside targets on the Connecting for Health website."
Parliamentary Question (6 Jul 2006)
"To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps she has taken to achieve adoption and acceptance of the NHS IT programme by trust executives since 2002; and what estimate she has made of future levels of adoption."
Parliamentary Question (14 Jul 2006)
"To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the answers of 26 January 2006, Official Report, column 2333W, on Arm's Length Bodies, and 16 June 2006, Official Report, column 1537W, on Connecting for Health, what the reasons are for the different figures given for the budget for Connecting for Health."
Parliamentary Question (14 Jul 2006)
"To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 16 June 2006, Official Report, column 1539W, on Connecting for Health, what targets she has put in place for the roll-out of detailed care record access to (a) the originating organisations, (b) local care communities and (c) larger areas."
Parliamentary Question (4 Sep 2006)
"To ask the Secretary of State for Health in what way and for what reasons (a) Northumbria Healthcare, (b) Norfolk and Norwich NHS Trust, (c) Dudley NHS Trust and (d) South West Yorkshire Mental Health Trust have dispensed with the NHS IT system; how much it has cost them to do so; and what her estimate is of the impact on the NHS IT programme of their actions."
House of Commons Debate (6 Jun 2007)
"I beg to move: That this House acknowledges the aims of the NHS National Programme for Information Technology (IT) and supports them in principle, recognising the potential benefits IT can bring to patients and NHS staff if implemented correctly; deplores the hasty conception of the National Programme under the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, and the failure to consult adequately with service users; regrets the parallel failure by the Department of Health to implement successfully the Medical Training Application process; expresses concern about the impact of the Care Records Service on patient confidentiality; notes in particular the concerns of the Committee of Public Accounts, in the context of its criticisms of the Government’s mismanagement of IT projects at large about the cost, delays in the Care Records System, the lack of a firm timetable for delivery, the struggles faced by suppliers to the programme, and the lack of engagement with frontline NHS professionals; regrets the opportunity cost to patient care and the disillusionment caused by the Programme amongst NHS staff; seeks assurances on the supply chain, particularly regarding iSOFT and an explanation for the delays in Choose and Book; and therefore calls for a full and independent review of the NHS IT programme."
