NHS set to pay IT suppliers early

29 August 2012
The NHS plans to pay suppliers on its £6 billion Connecting for Health IT programme early in a controversial move aimed to avert cash-flow problems.

The likely beneficiaries include Accenture, one of the biggest suppliers. It approached the Department of Health (DoH) after making a loss on the deal, which it blamed on the NHS delaying the finalisation of some contracts.

The programme includes an electronic patient records system.

The DoH told SM that it has agreed to discuss “revised deployment plans...

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