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NHS: ICT

Volume 489: debated on Friday 13 March 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much (a) capital and (b) revenue funding has been provided for the measurement of health outcomes in the NHS since the National Programme for IT was first proposed; and what percentage of the NHS IT budget for 2008-09 has been allocated for this purpose. (263133)

Measuring health outcomes and using that information to improve services is integral to the delivery of effective health care. For example, cancer registry data are used in the planning and delivery of services, and also on a wider scale for the development of national policy on public health interventions and for the prioritisation of research. The National Programme for IT infrastructure provides a vehicle for collecting, sharing and storing health outcomes data, among many other applications.

The specific information requested is not available as a separately identifiable reporting line within overall national health service expenditure.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what (a) capital and (b) revenue expenditure has been incurred on the implementation of picture archiving and communication systems in England since the National Programme for IT was first proposed. (263134)

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 9 March 2009, Official Report, columns 117-18W.