It's free? Does that mean you'll work for free until it's done?
The idea that anything is free is ludicrous. You are either spending time (wages) or money (buying solutions).
Why would £40 million be a lot of money for the IT systems of the entire public healthcare system in the UK? The NHS has a yearly budget of £114 billion, so this particular IT spend is only 0.03% the size of their yearly budget.
There's nothing decadent about this. It's essentially deferred maintenance that is long overdue, probably overdue because the government had to wade through people like you who can't help but complain every time a government organization wants to invest in modernizing.
My original calculation added in an unintended currency conversion (Google assumed that "40 million" meant "40 million US Dollars), and I also meant to clarify that I was talking about this single initiative, not the overall IT budget. I've since edited my number (0.03 instead of 0.02%)
The idea that anything is free is ludicrous. You are either spending time (wages) or money (buying solutions).
Why would £40 million be a lot of money for the IT systems of the entire public healthcare system in the UK? The NHS has a yearly budget of £114 billion, so this particular IT spend is only 0.03% the size of their yearly budget.
There's nothing decadent about this. It's essentially deferred maintenance that is long overdue, probably overdue because the government had to wade through people like you who can't help but complain every time a government organization wants to invest in modernizing.