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Small correction 

In NHS completes London roll out of Pacs

Seems a bit picky to correct just this one thing when there are so many topics in the article that are contentious...

But: "Contracts for Pacs services were awarded in 2005 to Phillips, iSoft, GE, HSS and Afga by the national programme main suppliers. In the same year, Hillingdon became the first English hospital trust to go digital."

Hillingdon became the first hospital in the London Cluster to go live with the CfH PACS (BT/Philips).

Other UK hospitals, such as Charing Cross in London, have had PACS for more than ten years!

The article also makes out that this has happened in London, and the rest of the country are to follow. All the regions have been implimenting the CfH programme simultaneously, with greater or lesser success depending on the local conditions and the vendors who were awarded the contracts.