No information and communication technology (ICT) projects costing more than £1 million have been initiated and abandoned by the Department since 2002. This includes all ICT projects initiated by the Department's Information Services, NHS Connecting for Health, NHS Choices, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency , and the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency.
The initial estimated costs and delivery dates of the information and communication technology (ICT) projects costing over £1 million that were initiated by the Department's Information Services function since 2002 are as follows:
Name of project Initial estimated delivery date of project Initial estimated cost of project (£ million) DOTP October 2003 3.165 CSC Transformation March 2004 9.1 Vista April 2004 6.9 UNIFY1 September 2005 2.179 SP2 Upgrade February 2006 0.882 Quarry House LAN March 2006 3.0 Delphi June 2006 2.324 The Club July 2006 1.949 Notes Upgrade September 2006 1.993 UNIFY2 April 2007 2.404 MEDBEN February 2008 0.68 BMS July 2008 10.5 Ref Costs 2008 October 2008 0.875 Delphi 2 January 2009 2.198 UNIFY Enhancement November 2009 2.057 ACCEA December 2009 1.5
The initial estimated costs and delivery dates of the ICT projects costing over £1 million that were undertaken by NHS Choices since 2002 are as follows:
Name of project Initial estimated delivery date of project Initial estimated cost of project (£ million) NHS Choices Technical Build July 2007 3.7
The initial estimated costs and delivery dates of the ICT projects costing over £1 million that were undertaken by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency since 2002 are as follows:
Name of project Initial estimated delivery date of project Initial estimated cost of project (£ million) Sentinel Pharmacovigilance Casefolders April 2006 1.342 Sentinel Server Upgrade January 2009 3.5 Sentinel Component Software Development June 2009 1.6
The ICT projects undertaken by NHS Connecting for Health are as follows:
Name of project Initial estimated delivery date of project Initial estimated cost of project (£ billion) National Programme for IT (NPfIT) —1 26.2 1 NPfIT comprises a number of separate systems and services for which, as a whole, there is no single national completion date. 2 This is the initial estimated cost of the core contracts. It was included in the estimated cost of the entire programme (£12.453 billion, at 2004-05 prices, including local and other costs) as reported by the National Audit Office in its June 2006 report on NPfIT.
Cost of providing the above information
The cost of obtaining and collating the above information is approx £650. There are ICT elements to some of the business area programmes within the Department (e.g. Influenza Pandemic Preparedness) but the additional cost to obtain and collate this information would be disproportionate and exceed the £750 threshold for answers to parliamentary questions.
The outturn costs and completion dates of information and communication technology projects (ICT) costing over £1 million that were initiated by the Department’s Information Services function since 2002 are as follows:
Name of project Outturn cost of project (£ million) Completion date of project DOTP 3.328 March 2004 CSC Transformation 12.7 December 2004 Vista 6.9 April 2004 UNIFY1 1.989 September 2005 SP2 Upgrade 1.065 March 2007 Quarry House LAN 2.738 June 2007 Delphi 2.261 June 2006 The Club 1.7 March 2007 Notes Upgrade 2.141 August 2008 UNIFY2 2.580 May 2007 MEDBEN 1.093 October 2008 BMS 10.5 July 2008 Ref Costs 2008 1.235 December 2008 Delphi 2 Ongoing Not yet completed UNIFY Enhancement Ongoing Not yet completed ACCEA Ongoing Not yet completed
The outturn costs and completion dates of the ICT projects costing over £1 million that were undertaken by NHS Choices since 2002 are as follows:
Name of project Initial estimated cost of project ( £ million) Initial estimated delivery date of project NHS Choices Technical Build 4.28 July 2007
The outturn costs and completion dates of the ICT projects costing over £1 million that were undertaken by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency since 2002 are as follows:
Name of project Outturn cost of project (£ million) Completion date of project Sentinel Pharmacovigilance Casefolders 1.587 May 2006 Sentinel Server Upgrade 3.5 January 2009 Sentinel Component Software Development Ongoing Not yet completed
The ICT projects undertaken by NHS Connecting for Health are listed as follows:
Name of project Outturn cost of project (£ billion) Completion date of project National Programme for IT (NPfIT) 6.81 2— 1 The original estimated core contracts cost of £6.2 billion is unchanged. The revised figure of £6.8 billion includes additional functionality. This is included in the cost of the entire programme (£12.656 billion at 2004-05 prices, including local and other costs) as reported by the National Audit Office in its May 2008 report on NPfIT. 2 NPfIT comprises a number of separate systems and services for which, as a whole, there is no single completion date. Note: Cost of providing the above information. The cost of obtaining and collating the above information is approx £650. There are ICT elements to some of the business area programmes within the Department (e.g. Influenza Pandemic Preparedness) but the additional cost to obtain and collate this information would be disproportionate and exceed the £750 threshold for answers to parliamentary questions.
The main contractors for the information and communications technology (ICT) projects costing over £1 million that were initiated by the Department’s Information Services function since 2002 are as follows:
Name of project Name of main contractor Amount paid to main contractor to date (£ million) DOTP Sapient 1.5 CSC Transformation CSC 12.7 Vista Cap Gemini, Ernst & Young 1.6 UNIFY1 No main contractor n/a SP2 Upgrade CSC 1.065 Quarry House LAN CSC 2.738 Delphi CSC 1.263 The Club Xansa (now called Steria) 1.7 Notes Upgrade CSC 2.141 UNIFY2 Sapient 1.592 MEDBEN Sapient 0.630 BMS Sapient 7.4 Ref Costs 2008 Sapient 0.732 Delphi 2 CSC 1.511 UNIFY Enhancement Sapient 0.298 ACCEA Sapient 0.571
The main contractors for the ICT projects costing over £1 million that were undertaken by NHS Choices since 2002 are as follows:
Name of project Name of main contractor Amount paid to main contractor to date (£ million) NHS Choices Technical Build Various1 1.1 1 There were a number of different suppliers for provision of hosting services, software licences, and hardware etc.
The main contractors for the ICT projects costing over £1 million that were undertaken by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency since 2002 are as follows:
Name of project Name of main contractor Amount paid to main contractor to date (£ million) Sentinel Pharmacovigilance Casefolders Accenture 1.587 Sentinel Server Upgrade Accenture 2.754 Sentinel Component Software Development Accenture 0.095
The core contractors for the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) undertaken by NHS Connecting for Health are as follows:
Core contractors Category Projected lifetime costs Amount paid to main contractor1 BT London 1,021 191 Fujitsu South 1,104 81 CSC (to September 2006 Accenture) North East 1,035 214 CSC (to September 2006 Accenture) East 930 200 CSC North West & West Midlands 1,042 185 BT Spine 889 585 BT N3 Network 530 423 Atos Origin Choose and Book 144 103 Amount retained by Accenture2 110 -49 Total 6,805 3,550 1 Expenditure to 31 March 2008 at 2003-04 prices (year of signature of contracts). The figures up to 31 March 2009 will not be available until the Department’s Resource Accounts are compiled later this year. 2 In 2006, Accenture made arrangements to voluntarily novate the company’s contract to another existing supplier under the programme. Of the £179 million Accenture had received to that point the company retained £110 million for work completed. £49 million represents the value, for accounting purposes, of moneys repaid as at 31 March 2008. Note: Cost of providing the above information The cost of obtaining and collating the above information is approx £650. There are ICT elements to some of the business area programmes within the Department (e.g. Influenza Pandemic Preparedness) but the additional cost to obtain and collate this information would be disproportionate and exceed the £750 threshold for answers to parliamentary questions.