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Around 25 primary healthcare services in the UK's east and south-east regions have been connected to the system.
Pictured is a nurse using the system at the Colchester Garrison in Essex.
Baxter added that the system will remove the "administrative burden" on MoD staff. It currently takes around 20 minutes to transfer a soldier's medical record between locations.
At the moment, military medical records are held on non-networked computers or on paper, with service personnel likely to have more than one record as they move between different locations during their career.
Talkback
A great big expensive white elephant - while very nice to have it will not be of any practical use on the battlefield and not necessary at a Regimental Aid Post. While full medical records may be of (dubious) value at rear/base medical facilities, these could be provided much simpler by either physical disk or electronic transfer to an "in theatre" database for individuals posted in.
That £80m (and it's associated running costs) could have been far better employed in resuscitating a disbanded infantry battalion or providing a big boost in equipment quality and quantity.