RFC: Open Source Clinical system for the NHS

I work in the NHS as an IT coordinator at a medical centre. We use the EMIS
LV clinical system as do half of the practices in the UK. As a taxpayer I
would like to see my money pay for treatment not for software licences.

I propose the development of an open souce java based system (removing
clinical software licencing costs) that runs on linux (removing operating
system costs).

Does anyone else work in the NHS and would be interested in such a large
project?

I have hypothosised that java components could be bolted on to a modified
OpenOffice (mostly C++ but can have Java components). which could be used
for printing services. document creation ,etc. This would help to reduce
development time.

Any comments are very welcome.

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