The giant computer system planned for the NHS in England is costing £12.7bn and is running years late. The Conservatives would seek to halt the main contracts and dismantle the central infrastructure. But is Whitehall trying to stitch up a quick deal with the industry to commit the next government, whichever party forms it, to carry on with the scheme? Correspondent Gerry Northam has been looking at the project and explains that the main point of the scheme, to have full digital medical records for all patients available anywhere in the country, seems as far away as ever.
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