Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (LUHFT) has appointed Nervecentre as its supplier for their new Electronic Patient Record (EPR), marking a major milestone in the Trust’s digital transformation programme.
The decision follows the recent NHS England approval of LUHFT’s Full Business Case, which will provide a single, integrated digital patient record across the Trust’s hospitals: Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital and Royal Liverpool University Hospital. The new system will be designed to support safety, quality and efficiency by giving clinical and operational teams better access to real-time information at the point of care.
The EPR will replace a complex landscape of existing digital systems and will be developed with significant clinical and operational involvement to ensure it supports frontline teams and reflects how care is delivered across Liverpool’s hospitals.
James Sumner, Group Chief Executive of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, which Liverpool University Hospitals is part of, said: “This is a significant step forward in our digital journey. It’s a once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform how we work and how we care for our patients. We look forward to working together with Nervecentre to deliver this programme with strong clinical leadership, transparency and collaboration at its heart.”
As part of a city-wide ambition, 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.
Paul Volkaerts, CEO of Nervecentre, said: “We are delighted that Liverpool University Hospitals has chosen Nervecentre as its EPR supplier. This partnership will bring a further 1,600 hospital beds onto the Nervecentre EPR platform, which has been designed from the ground up to support collaboration between hospitals while delivering the intuitive digital tools clinicians need on the frontline. We look forward to working with LUHFT to help realise their vision for more connected, digitally enabled care across the city.”
The agreement, worth £53 million over ten years, represents another significant milestone in Nervecentre’s continued growth across the NHS.
With as many as 15 trusts now committed to its platform, the company has rapidly established itself as the UK’s fastest-growing EPR provider, supporting large-scale digital transformation programmes that bring organisations together around shared digital strategies and data.
