title: The National Programme for IT in England.
abstract: The National Programme for IT in England has been designed to support the modernisation of the National Health Service, and the Government aims of delivering a high-quality service designed around the needs of the patient. This article describes the architecture for the core component of the NHS Care Record Service including the application, information and security architectures and the requirements for supporting standards and technologies.
authors.forename: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thorp
mesh_terms: D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D013222:State Medicine