6 NHS trusts in the East Midlands join Nervecentre's cloud platform

7 NHS trusts across the East Midlands collaborate on regional transformation

A growing group of NHS trusts is working together to solve problems, unlock opportunities, and transform care at scale, driven by Nervecentre’s cloud-native EPR platform.

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Imagine one seamless patient record accessible across every acute hospital in a region, enabling clinicians to collaborate in real-time, effortlessly share best practices and resources, and improve the patient experience. Thanks to Nervecentre, this exciting reality is unfolding across the East Midlands.

Almost all acute trusts in the region have independently selected Nervecentre as their EPR, starting with University Hospitals of Leicester in 2019. Since then, Nottingham University Hospitals, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton, Chesterfield Royal Hospital, Northampton General Hospital, and United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals have all signed multi-year EPR contracts with Nervecentre. In June 2025, Sherwood Forest Hospitals announced Nervecentre as its preferred EPR supplier.

Nervecentre’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) architecture enables seamless information sharing and provider collaboration while maintaining localised control and autonomy – a critical factor for trusts balancing regional integration with individual needs. The potential benefits include:

  • Smoother patient transfers and reduced delays.
  • Safer care as a result of a single source of truth across multiple trusts and hospitals.
  • Enhanced regional collaboration on best practices and resource allocation.
  • Unified training and digital skills development for healthcare professionals.
  • Unprecedented insights into population health trends and improved care delivery.

Having a single EPR in place across the region has the potential to unlock radical ambitions. The rapid adoption of digital will continue to transform services at UHL, but it is the opportunity across the East Midlands Acute Providers network – where we are seeing multiple trusts independently choose the same EPR – which has the potential to unlock our radical ambitions. Frontline digitisation is now within reach, and by working together we will transform the patient, colleague and training experience in our region.

Richard Mitchell, East Midlands Acute Provider network Chair and CEO at University Hospitals of Leicester and Northampton Group

The collaboration has its roots in the Midlands, but trusts in Yorkshire and Sussex that have made long-term commitments to Nervecentre are also active group members.

The message is clear: the NHS is embracing a new era of connected care, and Nervecentre is at the forefront, empowering trusts to unlock their “radical ambitions” and deliver exceptional patient experiences.

“Trusts ‘unlock radical ambitions’ with move to same EPR.” HSJ, 8 January 2024, https://www.hsj.co.uk/technology-and-innovation/trusts-unlock-radical-ambitions-with-move-to-same-epr/7036356.article. Accessed 12 February 2024.

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