Martyn Hart's Blog – March 2010 Archive (2)

£25bn inefficiencies in public sector procurement

According to the IOD the public sector could save up to £25bn by overhauling its procurement and outsourcing. It says procurement is currently far too siloed leading to mass wastage and duplication of work. While £25bn is obviously a top-end figure, it’s great to see someone with the IOD’s profile doing the numbers on this.

We’ve been pushing the message on public sector sourcing for some time now and more… Continue

Added by Martyn Hart on March 19, 2010 at 6:14pm — No Comments

Labour’s deathbed deal for NHS IT

And so the NHS IT saga continues. According to BBC reports, and the resulting media storm, Labour plans to push through what amounts to a ‘deathbed deal’ before the general election, committing a new government to many years more tussling with the fated National Programme for IT. The Tories had not long ago announced the ‘end of big IT’ and plans to enthusiastically dismantle this very programme. This plan could be thwarted if new agreements are signed-off early and could also spell trouble for… Continue

Added by Martyn Hart on March 5, 2010 at 3:52pm — No Comments