Comments on: UK Government IT projects: maybe it’s not the IT that’s the problem http://www.architela.com/blog/uk-government-it-projects-maybe-its-not-the-it-thats-the-problem/ working and learning online Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:04:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Architela http://www.architela.com/blog/uk-government-it-projects-maybe-its-not-the-it-thats-the-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-427 Architela Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:04:47 +0000 http://www.architela.com/blog/?p=185#comment-427 Well, Graham, I've not found a solution either. I get the occasional letter telling me to finish my registration, but it's just too much bother emailing someone to find out where the face-to-face sessions are (in the right district) and then having no incentive to travel there anyway, even if I could find the time. Well, Graham, I’ve not found a solution either. I get the occasional letter telling me to finish my registration, but it’s just too much bother emailing someone to find out where the face-to-face sessions are (in the right district) and then having no incentive to travel there anyway, even if I could find the time.

]]> By: Graham http://www.architela.com/blog/uk-government-it-projects-maybe-its-not-the-it-thats-the-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-426 Graham Fri, 06 Aug 2010 12:38:41 +0000 http://www.architela.com/blog/?p=185#comment-426 Came across your blog post after hitting Google to try and find a common sense solution to what seemed to be the same daft problem. I have not written to my local PCT (yet) but once more they seem to be offering drop-in sessions which also form the mobile registration office. These are infrequent (only one left for me to attend in August!) and by the nature of it often involve travel. I get the compromises around providing a mobile service and soem credit that they tried and I suspect these were poorly attended. However, the fundamental process is flawed and why not use their regular PCT offices or local GP surgeries to call into? After all, the GP surgery knows me and they could have a simple process to verify that the right ID has been seen?!? Box more clever please and I hope reforms mean that more pragmatic and common sense approaches make this far more efficient. Integrated and clever solutions please. Sorry to rant on your blog and I also find myself expressing my dismay at something that should be good and easy to use. Came across your blog post after hitting Google to try and find a common sense solution to what seemed to be the same daft problem.

I have not written to my local PCT (yet) but once more they seem to be offering drop-in sessions which also form the mobile registration office. These are infrequent (only one left for me to attend in August!) and by the nature of it often involve travel.

I get the compromises around providing a mobile service and soem credit that they tried and I suspect these were poorly attended. However, the fundamental process is flawed and why not use their regular PCT offices or local GP surgeries to call into? After all, the GP surgery knows me and they could have a simple process to verify that the right ID has been seen?!?

Box more clever please and I hope reforms mean that more pragmatic and common sense approaches make this far more efficient. Integrated and clever solutions please.

Sorry to rant on your blog and I also find myself expressing my dismay at something that should be good and easy to use.

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