Hated Care.data scheme now 'unachievable', howls UK.gov watchdog...
"Bloody good thing, too," cheers UK population "we didn't want it anyway!"
The hated Care.data programme is one of four government IT projects progressing so poorly its delivery has been deemed "unachievable", according to a government watchdog report. The scheme has been flagged with the highest "red" risk rating by the Major Projects Authority, along with the NHS choices website, the Health and …
Since care.data has now failed twice thanks to its utter failure to understand the needs of both patients and, it would seem, most NHS medical staff, its about time for heads to roll. Getting rid of everybody from project manager level upwards would be a good start. For a follow-up, Government will be doing itself a huge vavour if it also bans them from all government-related jobs in perpetuity.
Mr Gregorie, the people involved will simply go on to other projects. Heads very seldom roll in Government corridors, or indeed anywhere. I have worked with project managers fresh off a spectacularly failed project and they just shrug and mumble 'learnings' and do again what they did before.
"So far, 700,000 individuals have requested to opt out of having their data shared with third parties. However, concerns have been raised that the Health and Social Care Information Centre has been unable to implement those objections."
From what I've heard, possibly rumours and nothing more, even those who did opt-out had their data sold anyway. If true wouldn't that be a spectacularly massive breach of some laws? As soon as I heard about this ludicrous scheme I opted out. The only people I want to see my records are doctors helping me with any problems I may have.
So that's yet another impressively fucked up IT project. While it is outrageous how much of taxpayers' money has gone down the drain already, the most shocking part is that I'm not even surprised any more when yet another of Gov.uk's IT projects fail... Can they get one project right, please? Just one!
They won't scrap it. Selling our property, to their friends, is who they are. Labour, otoh, also wouldn't scrap it. Selling our property, to their friends, is who they are.
If I had one bullet for every time Labour and the Tories have butt-fucked us, one of the other parties would be able to have a go. With any luck we'd be able to sit down for a change. For maybe half an hour, before they get their act together.