Hampshire and Isle of Wight CCGs have awarded a contract for GP IT support services to Healthcare Computing and NHS Arden & Greater East Midlands CSU.
The companies will be be supporting the CCGS with local IT services and to support their Primary Care Digital Roadmap.
The five-year contract will see Healthcare Computing and NHS Arden & Greater East Midlands CSU provide GP IT support services for seven CCGs across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
It covers 228 GP sites with services including: IT support and service desk, IT equipment and asset management, software and licence management, NHS Mail administration and support, IT infrastructure, server management, clinical systems, cyber security, information governance as well as management of the Health and Social Care Network.
Neil Payne, Managing Director at Healthcare Computing, commented: “This is a fantastic result for Healthcare Computing and our partners at Arden & GEM. This partnership will bring a highly developed offering, providing the Hampshire and Isle of Wight CCGs with a unique mix of a mature, proven, locally focused IT managed service partner and a highly developed NHS national provider.”
Nigel Cullumbine, Director of IT at Arden & GEM, added: “We are delighted that our partnership with Healthcare Computing has been chosen to deliver GP IT services for the Hampshire and Isle of Wight population. Our combined GP IT expertise, knowledge and scale provides an opportunity to deliver value, best practice and innovation, and will act as an enabler for meeting local priorities and transitioning to more integrated models of care.”
The contract goes live in July 2021.
