§ Ms JowellTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how much money has been spent on the design and implementation of the hospital information support systems in(a) 1994–95, (b) 1995–96 and (c) 1996–97. [4181]
§ Mr. HoramIn 1994–95 the national health service executive, through the hospital information support systems initiative, allocated £580,000 to Nottingham City Hospital NHS trust. This was one of the pilot sites for testing out the means of specifying, purchasing and implementing hospital-wide integrated computer systems. This was the final allocation of funds to an NHS trust under the HISS initiative against design and implementation of hospital information support systems. Information on local NHS spend on the design and implementation of hospital information support systems is not held centrally.