NHS - The computer press and the Govt secrecy


	NHS - The computer press and the Govt secrecy

hjharris

8-23-2007 2:09 AM

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computer systems, nhs

hjharris says:

why is it so difficult - is there something to hide - the call must be for openness in decision making

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/92a70862-e904-41a3-8edd-69588c412513/39712E35-F869-4A34-A436-D8326FE7C268/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/08/21/226290/information-commissioner-orders-disclosure-of-npfit.htm" href="http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/08/21/226290/information-commissioner-orders-disclosure-of-npfit.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">www.computerweekly.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/08/21/226290/information-commissioner-orders-disclosure-of-npfit.htm"><STRONG>The information commissioner has ordered the disclosure of "highly sensitive" papers about a meeting at Downing Street that led to the launch of the UK's largest IT-based project, the £12.4bn NHS national programme.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/08/21/226290/information-commissioner-orders-disclosure-of-npfit.htm"><P>And it vindicates <A href="http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/05/14/223903/computer-weeklys-campaign-for-nhs-openness-awarded.htm">Computer Weekly's campaign against excessive secrecy over the National Programme for IT</A> - <A href="http://www.bcs.org/upload/pdf/auditofficejan05.pdf">a complaint made by many in the IT industry including the British Computer Society.</A> </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/08/21/226290/information-commissioner-orders-disclosure-of-npfit.htm"><P>Thomas concluded that the Cabinet Office had breached the Freedom of Information Act:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/08/21/226290/information-commissioner-orders-disclosure-of-npfit.htm"><P>- by failing to give Computer Weekly "adequate written notification about whether it held information of the description specified in the request". </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/08/21/226290/information-commissioner-orders-disclosure-of-npfit.htm"><P>- by failing to give a "proper assessment of the public interest factors in favour of disclosure".</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/08/21/226290/information-commissioner-orders-disclosure-of-npfit.htm"><P>He ordered the Cabinet Office to disclose the information requested within 35 calendar days of the date of his notice - 13 August 2007. 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