Jeremy Hunt, the former Health Secretary, pledged to make the NHS paperless by 2018, a promise made ten years ago. Labour and other critics highlight the unfulfilled promise as a lesson in political amnesia, questioning the effectiveness of new IT systems in boosting NHS productivity.
Today's #Budget2024 is a lesson in the political amnesia that the govt wants to use to win the next election. Here's just one example. As Health Sec, Jeremy Hunt talked 11 YEARS AGO of plans for the NHS to go 'paperless'...by 2018. https://t.co/g7dtk2arNP
Jeremy Hunt the then Health Secretary promised to make the NHS paperless by 2018 TEN YEARS AGO. https://t.co/jyUdYUSUQB
Labour pointing out that Jeremy Hunt had plans for a paperless NHS when he was Health secretary 11 years ago ... @GBNEWS #Budget2024 https://t.co/CJnZLrqkrh
Jeremy Hunt, in his final budget, promises ground breaking NHS IT. Only problem is he promised this would be done by 2018 ten years ago! https://t.co/Ra5r2vI0pc
Jeremy Hunt promised to make the NHS go paperless by 2018…ten years ago. https://t.co/jYVNmNdsTC
New IT systems will boost NHS productivity, says Hunt. Hmmm....Govt and big IT projects: what could go wrong?