NHS app

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apparently it has just been revealed that the government spent 11.8 million pounds on the app.
some people I know involved in software development for big companies say that seems like an awful lot for what it was/time spent developing it.

I believe they were paying top whack money to get it down ASAP, which is understandable

it wasnt working, so they had 3 options

keep on developing it, spending more money and it still not working
release a app that didnt do the job ( putting us at risk )
write if off and look at something else ( the google / apple app )

with all of them options they were dammed with whatever they decided to do