tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694764488430015508.post3711722758126409637..comments2023-10-28T05:31:29.714-07:00Comments on Northern Doc: It’s not working. Never?Northern Dochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02204011079939445650noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694764488430015508.post-17537715771958346562011-05-24T04:02:40.572-07:002011-05-24T04:02:40.572-07:00The perennial problem with the NHS is that if you ...The perennial problem with the NHS is that if you pay peanuts you get monkeys.<br />But blaming 'stupid' IT staff doesn't come near the real problem of stupid politicians pushing for unrealistic and unproven systems without any cost/benefit analysis and without understanding the complexity of data structures and data flow within the NHS as a whole. There are umpteen self-contained radiographic display systems available off the shelf. Often introduced as the result of pushy "Not invented here" consultants who then expect incompatible data models to be magically married up with all the other hospital systems by people working for £19K pa. Babel.Godfrey Bartlettnoreply@blogger.com