To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of AxSys Technologies having been named as the successful bidder in NHS Scotland’s national generic clinical system procurement process, what guarantee the Executive has that this decision will fulfil the function and provide the performance and long-term service resilience required by NHS Scotland from the outset and for the foreseeable future. As with the procurement of any system, it is only possible to predict future success by thorough evaluation, feedback from existing users of the supplier and product and from past experience.