Intellect welcomes the National Audit Office's report on the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in the NHS and is pleased to see that the vision for the programme remains intact and that all the elements of the programme are advancing with some already complete.

The report highlights the achievements and benefits of the programme, including an estimated £1.14 billion in savings by 2014.

The complexity of the programme has led to a number of challenges and the NAO's scrutiny is valuable. Intellect welcomes the report's recommendations, which will help to ensure that the original vision for the programme is delivered while allowing sufficient flexibility for the provision of additional functionality.This will help to ensure that the demands of a constantly evolving environment, in which new requirements are generated by both policy and operational changes, will be met.

Intellect's Document Management Group has produced two fantastic sources of information which will go a long way in assisting both members and organisations everywhere with understanding the problems they are facing in the world of document management. This is not about systems or technicalities, but about the impact on organisations of poor management of information, and essentially how better management will improve business performance and see improved cost efficiencies.

Intellect will present this collection of papers at a series of seminars covering a variety of topics, including boosting the return on investment, collaborative working environments, content governance, risk and regulatory compliance, and open document formats.

The first seminar takes place on Friday 20 June 2008. To register contact Scarlett Graham,
E scarlett.graham@intellectuk.org

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