Dr. Brendan Murphy:

This is complex and challenging and I agree the availability of information in a paper-based system is cumbersome, slow and inefficient. To respond to Deputy Shortall as well, I have been involved in the design, build and implementation of what I consider to be the pathfinder project in the maternity and newborn system for more than ten years now. I have seen and derived the benefits of that. However, I am very aware of the complexities involved. To me, this is not a simple solution that involves just going in and buying a disc off the shelf, putting it in the machine and having everything work out fine. To me, an electronic health record is a clinical programme that is clinically enabled with strict governance to try to make it as safe and efficient as possible with the patient at the centre. It would make the information, as the Americans say, "Nothing about me without me" but at the same time-----