Can the new “electronic highway” for the NHS have a smooth launch?

Some IT literate readers may have been confused by our description in this news article by Geoff Watts of the new national “N3” broadband network due to replace the existing NHSnet (15 May, p 1156). We said that N3 will be run by five local suppliers. This is wrong; N3 will be run by one “integrator,” BT. The five local service providers will be responsible for delivering a full range of IT services to the NHS in a specified locality.