Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust has awarded a ten-year EPR contract with a value of £52 million to Epic, taking the trust up to 2036.
The trust’s board in its January meeting covered the board assurance framework, noting issues with IT infrastructure, digital maturity, and technical debt. “Lewisham and Greenwich NHS has had a phased roll out over several years of its existing EPR system which has left the trust with a partially deployed EPR for acute services and a separate community EPR with only 80 percent of our clinical systems integrated and linked to the Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Patient Master Index,” it stated.
The board also shared that the EPR business case had to be presented to the national EPR Investment Board in January to support the trust’s eligibility for Frontline Digitisation funding, with a number of changes to the outline business case made prior to submission of the full business case to NHS England.
“It was noted that the implementation timelines were challenging with the anticipated go live date of April 27 but it was confirmed that the trust will join the existing GSTT and Kings partnership through a connect model, becoming part of a collaborative, clinically-led governance structure, and therefore supporting the shortened implementation timeline,” it stated.
Wider trend: EPR
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust has shared the latest on its Future Christie programmes and work to procure a new EPR, with an outline business case considering options. A full EPR business case is now expected in Q3 2026, according to the trust board, with the commercial case and route to procurement being finalised in consultation with legal advisers, the trust procurement team, and NHS England, to ensure compliance with legislation and regulatory requirements. Work is also underway on its financial model, and on a detailed review of operational and governance arrangements following confirmation of a partner. “Finalisation of the commercial case and identification of the route to procurement will be the principal drivers to the project timeline,” the board states. “Indicative timescale for a framework procurement exercise is 12-14 months.”
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust has signed a contract with the Access Group to introduce its electronic patient record system. Nick Black, CIO and senior information risk owner at Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS has taken to LinkedIn to announce the trust’s successful procurement of the EPR. Black shares that following a “robust” procurement process, TEWV has signed a contract with The Access Group for their Rio Evo EPR, with work already starting ahead of a planned go-live in April 2027.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has announced a 10-year agreement for the Nervecentre electronic patient record system across the trust’s hospitals. The £53 million agreement will see Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital and Royal Liverpool University Hospital utilise the single, integrated digital patient record, joining 15 trusts now committed to Nervecentre. The system is planned to replace “a complex landscape of existing digital systems”, the trust said, adding that: “LUHFT will continue to work closely with Liverpool Women’s Hospital, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, The Walton Centre and The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, as they progress business cases to adopt the same EPR system. This approach supports the long‑term vision for a shared EPR across Liverpool’s adult and specialist services, enabling greater integration and consistency of care.”
