E-Health Insider on the closure of the National Programme for IT

Our brief thoughts on the research impact of the heterogeneity of healthcare software systems in use within the NHS are supported by the commentary on the closure of the National Programme for IT in eHealth Insider, especially:

"The Mail and other papers report that, in line with changes already announced last year by health minister Simon Burns, the programme will be replaced with regional initiatives and trusts being given more control over their own IT."