The end of an era for the NPfIT (as we know it)...

“The NHS Programme is big, expensive, not delivering and very New Labour,” said one source close to the Cabinet Office. “What happens to it will set the tone for the whole of public sector ICT.”

The sun is setting on the NpfIT and CfH.  During the election, both the Tories and Lib Dems attacked the NPfIT. However, rather than terminating the programme in its entirety, the cost and complexity of terminating the LSP contracts, the government will aim to renegotiate the scope of these contracts.  For example, public technology.net reports that apparently CSC has been asked to cut 30% from the value of its LSP contract.  What does this mean for CfH?  It appears that CfH will be axed and the Cabinet Office will take over responsibility for NHS IT whilst the Department of Health's Informatics Directorate may take up some of the responsibility.   A formal announcement is imminent...