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May 2004

The £6bn programme to revolutionise the NHS's IT is under fire for failing to communicate with doctors and clinical staff who will have to work with the new systems.

The row erupted last week after the surprise resignation of one of Britain's top doctors, Professor Peter Hutton, chairman of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, from the programme's advisory board.

Guardian Unlimited, May 6 2004

July 2004

The Department of Health (DoH) has set up a body to represent the interest of patients in the NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT).

The Register, July 9, 2004

Patients and doctors will be able to have their say on the new £5bn NHS National Programme for IT.

ZDnet, July 6, 2004

Journalists always focus on what they find surprising about the story. Perhaps it is unusual that patients are being consulted. Perhaps it is even unusual to consult doctors. But it was the doctors whose representatives walked out of the previous body.