UK health dept contracts 'critical friend' for data platform

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UK health department contracts 'critical friend' for £480m data platform

But none of that criticism and concern has seemingly been enough for NHS England. To get the right kind of"friendly" criticism, it has contracted Qi Consulting and – as a measure of the relative value it places on such feedback – awarded the company a deal worth £35,640.

The dire state of NHS technology was keenly demonstrated by a report into the catastrophic failure at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust which found themeant it took two months to completely recover services.

 

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