The Fujitsu Alliance has won the final local service
provider contract to deliver the government’s £2.3bn overhaul of
NHS IT.
Health Secretary John Reid today announced the Fujitsu-led
consortium, which includes IDX Systems corporation, Tata
Consultancy Services, BT and PricewaterhouseCoopers, has won the
£896m contract.
The contract will run until 2013, with the Fujitsu Alliance
providing local systems and services to enable users to access the
NHS Care Records Service.
The announcement was accompanied by the unveiling of a new
NHS-wide agreement with Oracle. The software firm, which is already
a sub-contractor to a number of LSPs, will supply the database
infrastructure to support the Care Records Service, in a deal which
could save the NHS £100m.
The Care Records Service is a key part of the Government’s NHS
reforms, and aims to ensure that doctors and nurses can access
vital patient information around the clock.
The Southern LSP area is the largest in England. The region
covers almost a quarter of England’s population and extends across
a geographical area from Dover to Land’s End and the Isle of Wight
to Milton Keynes.
Richard Granger, the director general of NHS IT, said that with
the award of the final LSP contract, the National Programme will
now shift its focus to ensuring delivery of high-quality services
to a challenging timetable.
Other successful bidders for the five regional LSP contracts
include CSC in the North West and West Midlands region and
Accenture in the Eastern and North East regions. BT was awarded the
London LSP contract.