This is largely what Connecting for Health attempted, and the only good things that came out of it were intangible to most - N3 and the UK SNOMED extensions. U

This is largely what Connecting for Health attempted, and the only good things that came out of it were intangible to most - N3 and the UK SNOMED extensions. Unfortunately this was largely down to incompetent consultancies, and a focus on providing what management wanted rather than what clinicians wanted, and it has absolutely poisoned the well with regards to information technology in the NHS.