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to have to take the lead on these sorts of contracts, Dr Sudbury said.
But he added: “The reason we got out of it was because our PCT was doing it, but it wasn’t very good.
“The thing about IT is that the front end has got simpler and simper and more intui- tive; if you think about the iPad and similar things, a two-year-old could pick it up and use it. But the stuff behind it has got more and more complex and specialist, and the chances of anyone in the NHS being able to run that on a small scale, with all that expertise required, is very remote. You just won’t get the expertise you need.
“IT isn’t the kind of thing you can do as a hobby any more – it’s mission critical. You’ve got to have 24/7 service that just doesn’t fall over. Mobile working is a big enabler of the sort of productivity changes that we need to get in the NHS, and again they have to work – and it’s not that sim- ple.”
World class
Neither the trust nor the company will re- veal the “commercially confidential” value of the contract, but Dr Sudbury would say,
Graham Lay from HP said the company will “significantly transform the Trust’s current IT services and work with the Trust to deliver a range of healthcare business
when NHE asked him about any potential savings potential: “We think we have got a world-class IT provider for about the same as it would have cost to do it ourselves. There is no comparison.”
HP has promised “clear, measurable ser- vice improvements”, and “anything, any- time, anywhere” access from PCs, laptops, PDAs and tablets.
solutions which will meet their changing business needs”.
Data hosting is from HP’s facility at Wyn- yard, remote support from Peterlee, and network management from Sheffield. HP Financial Services is delivering leasing and lifecycle asset man- agement services.
Dr Pete Sudbury
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