§ Chris GraylingTo ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the McKinsey report on the national IT programme for the NHS made an assessment of the total cost of the programme. [129230]
§ Mr. Hutton[holding answer 11 September 2003]: The report in question was commissioned to help inform planning for the National Programme for Information Technology in the National Health Service. It did not attempt to assess the cost of the national programme, funding for which was announced in January 2003.
Laboratory NHS Trust 2002–03 budget (£) Staff complement (WTE)1 Ashford East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust 2,799,466 62.69 Brighton Brighton and Sussex University NHS Trust 1,868,306 42.44 Carlisle North Cumbria Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 1,251,210 30.43 Chelmsford Mid Essex Hospital NHS Trust 1,212,129 37.82 Chester Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Trust 1,728,815 47.67 Central Middlesex North West London Hospitals NHS Trust 1,625,217 30.70