Pinsent Masons, the international law firm with offices in
Glasgow and Edinburgh, has negotiated a £44m contract for NHS
National Services Scotland for a new patient management system. The
contract is a national framework in line with NHS Scotland's
eHealth Strategy, which will enable any Health Board in Scotland to
have access to the system and associated modules over the next four
years.
The new system will speed up patient care by making patient
records instantly available to authorised staff throughout hospital
departments.
Commenting on the signing, Pinsent Masons partner Yvonne Dunn
said: "We were determined to get the best deal for the NHS in
Scotland. This has been a complex procurement and the ability of
the consortium Health Boards, NHS National Services Scotland and
the Programme Team to work as a strong team has led to successful
delivery of the framework contract. From our perspective, we have
developed a depth of expertise in healthcare IT contracts that is
hard to find in Scotland outside of the NHS itself."
Alan Lawrie, Consortium Programme Board Chairman said: “We
believe that this contract and the solutions that will be delivered
in each board over the next two years will play an important role
in streamlining patient services leading to faster diagnosis and
treatment while enhancing patient safety. Clinicians will have
easier and quicker access to medical records and patients will
benefit from having more time with healthcare professionals. Not
only does this contract give us a modern technical base but it has
been chosen by the staff who will be using it.”
Initially the five Consortium NHS Boards involved in the
procurement (Ayrshire & Arran, Borders, Grampian, Greater
Glasgow and Clyde, and Lanarkshire) will place contracts to the
value of £44M. These Boards, together with NHS Lothian who already
have this system, care for 70% of the Scottish population.
Additional Health Boards are already in discussion about how this
national framework can benefit them.
The Five Health Boards in the consortium are
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, NHS Ayrshire and Arran, NHS
Lanarkshire, NHS Borders and NHS Grampian. More than 160 staff
including doctors, nurses and other health professionals have been
involved in the process.
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