North Cumbria Integrated Care (NCIC) NHS Foundation Trust is celebrating the go-live of phase one of its EPR, with the trust offering its thanks to all those involved in helping the go-live run “smoothly”.
Taking to LinkedIn, the trust said: “Thank you to all colleagues for your dedication – this has been a brilliant team effort across NCIC!” Floorwalkers and the command centre were on hand to offer support for ward teams during the go-live, it continues, with members of the Alcidion team also on site to pitch in.
Andy Laverick, NCIC’s CIO, added his comments reflecting on the “huge” milestone: “This has been months — and in many cases years — of planning, preparation, testing and teamwork across clinical, operational, digital and supplier teams to reach this point,” he said.
“I’m incredibly proud of the calm, professional and patient-focused approach colleagues have shown throughout go-live day,” Laverick continued. “A special thank you to our nursing colleagues whose clinical leadership has been central to Phase 1, alongside the outstanding work of our Digital teams working behind the scenes for many months to make today possible.”
The go-live was originally scheduled for 3 March 2026, but deferred due to NHSE approval delays, the NCIC board shared in a recent meeting, in which it also detailed “lower than planned” expenditure of £9.21 million on the EPR project.
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