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Public Accounts - Sixty-Second Report

Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 27 July 1998.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Terms of Reference

REPORT

Introduction and Summary of Conclusions and Recommendations
The purchase of the Read Codes
The arrangements which created a conflict of interest for Dr Read
The weak oversight of the NHS Centre of Coding
The state of readiness of Read Codes Version 3 for widespread use in the NHS

PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE RELATING TO THE REPORT

MINUTES OF EVIDENCE (Monday 23 March 1998) (HC 657-i (97-98))

WITNESSES

Mr Alan Langlands, Chief Executive, and Mr Frank Burns, Head of Information Management and Technology, the NHS Executive 1

Dr J Read, Chairman, and Mr D Bird, Commercial and Legal Director, Computer Aided Medical Systems 1

Mr Bob Le Marechal, CB, Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General 1

Mr Jamie Mortimer, Treasury Officer of Accounts 1

APPENDICES

1 Supplementary memorandum by the NHS Executive (PAC/264) 23

2 Supplementary memorandum by Computer Aided Medical Systems Ltd (PAC/250) 25