NHS CfH is reporting that their PACS (Picture Archiving and Communications System) programme team have been ‘Highly Commended’ at the 2006 e-Government national awards.

The award acknowledges “proven team-working or partnership activity which has delivered more than the sum of the parts” and the accolade went to the IMPACT Programme team of the Home Office and the Police Information Technology Organisation.

PACS is now in use in 66 NHS trusts across England which, combined with trusts who had installed PACS prior to the NPfIT, means that 64% of NHS trusts are using PACS systems.

Dr John Somers and David Stimpson were on hand to collect the ‘highly commended’ award at the ceremony.

Dr Somers said: “The work that has gone into each and every PACS installation so far has been phenomenal and I’m proud to be part of a team that has consistently demonstrated the delivery of new systems to improve the lives of patients and hospital staff.”

PACS Programme Head Mary Barber added: “To be highly commended is a great honour for the team and is a fitting recognition of their hard work over the last two and a half years.

“The combined effort of the central programme team - clinicians, experienced radiographers and managers in SHAs and Trusts - and our suppliers, is what makes the PACS programme continue to deliver.”

The NHS aims to complete PACS deployments by March 2007.

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