NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has issued a prior information notice seeking to test the market for a trauma and orthopaedics EPR solution to help improve patient record quality and access, and eliminate paper-based documentation.
The health board notes the solution must be able to support both ongoing patient care and new trauma and orthopaedics initiatives, as well as transfers of patients between units. It also seeks a solution which can offer improved reporting and statistical management information, and share data across other units across Scotland.
Following the engagement, the health board expects a contract notice to be published around 1 September 2026. Interested parties can find more information, record their interest, and pose questions around the notice here.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde also recently announced plans to procure a paediatric intensive care EPR to replace a current legacy system that has been in place for more than ten years. The notice sets out the organisation’s intentions to get a better understanding of current market capabilities and available solutions “in relation to the functionality required”, along with a view of indicative costs for implementation and ongoing support.
The health board awarded a contract to the virtual care solution Doccla earlier this year, for its remote management platform aimed at helping patients with long-term health conditions. The contract covers the installation of the Doccla virtual ward solution, which was chosen for its ability to offer remote support to patients and scalability capabilities which will reportedly help “manage the expansion of patient numbers”. It also integrates with the health board’s “cornerstone clinical systems” in use.
Wider trend: EPRs and EPR optimisation
For a recent HTN Now session on the topic of EPRs now and in the future, we were joined by digital leaders including Sally Mole, senior digital programme manager – digital portfolio delivery team at The Dudley Group; Keltie Jamieson, CHIO at Bermuda Hospitals Board; and David Newey, digital health expert and executive CDIO. We heard from our panel details of their EPR journey, sharing their approach, examples, challenges and lessons learned. We went on to discuss the current position with EPRs, the opportunity, and the current need. Looking ahead, we discussed what the future of EPRs looks like in the short, medium and longer term.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Acute Provider Collaborative (APC) has outlined progress and next steps toward the provision of a single EPR across the ICB’s four acute trusts. Progress to date includes process mapping and benefits, the APC shares, and noting procurement support has also been secured. £60 million of frontline digitisation funding offered in 2025/26 has been withdrawn after “significant efforts”, with the collaborative having now commissioned Accenture to help resubmit a revised outline business case with prioritised funding from the frontline capabilities programme, expected to be announced shortly.
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust has shared that the launch of its EPR will be slightly delayed. Initially scheduled for this month, the trust’s EPR will now go live in November, replacing multiple paper-based workflows with a single, integrated system. Matthew Trainer, chief executive, stated: “It’s a massive undertaking which we need to get right and it’s why we’ve moved the launch date from this month. We want to ensure everyone has the right training and we’ve addressed any technical issues.
