Original sentence: GPASS is developed and supported by the NHS Common Services Agency fo Scotland.In Spring 2006 a decision was reached by the Scottish GP representatives (Scottish BMA LMC conference) to call for immediate abandonement of any further development as the software was hopelessly out of date and "not fit for purpose".The Scottish Executive dismissed some of these complaints as secondary to inadequate hardware rather than inherent problems within the software
Edited sentence: Further, some of the issues raised by GPs unhappy with the system may have been, in some instances, due to user error.GPASS is developed and supported by the NHS Common Services Agency for Scotland, and is available free of charge to Scottish GPs - hence its wide uptake.However, Scottish GPs are not compelled to use GPASS and are free to apply for funding to purchase alternative packages.In Spring 2006 calls were made by a minority of Scottish GPs to abandon further development as the software was hopelessly out of date and "not fit for purpose", but many of these difficulties were dismissed by the Scottish Executive as secondary to inadequate hardware rather than inherent problems within the software.[[GPASS Website]