Watmore at the PAC

Ian Watmore has a candid and relaxed chat to the Public Accounts Committee (you can read the uncorrected evidence; a lovely phrase). He can, because he’s leaving his post as a Permanent Secretary to join the Football Association (one suspects it is his dream...

Government IT spend

Spending cuts in government IT. Why do we persist in talking about such small numbers when the big numbers are the real issue?

Digital Inclusion consultation

It didn’t cause much of a stir, and I guess there are plenty of reasons for that, but I’m glad to see that the Digital Inclusion consultation we helped support is out in the market. There will be a Digital Champion – I wonder how well any of the...

12 trusts join NHS shared services

12 trusts join NHS shared services. Interesting to see SBS step in after a Capita deal went sour. I’m not sure the argument in the article about SBS benefiting from the downturn makes a huge amount of sense, though.