Digital transformation in the NHS is increasingly moving beyond individual organisations. What we’re now seeing is the emergence of shared digital foundations that support collaboration, consistency, and improvement at a regional level.
Our recent appointment as EPR supplier to Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (LUHFT) reflects this shift.
At LUHFT, our cloud and SaaS platform will replace a complex landscape of systems across multiple hospital sites. It also forms part of a broader ambition across Liverpool’s healthcare system. Alongside LUHFT, Liverpool Women’s Hospital, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, The Walton Centre, and The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre are progressing plans to adopt the same cloud and SaaS Nervecentre EPR platform.
The vision for a shared EPR across adult and specialist services in Liverpool will enable joined-up care, reduced variation, and closer operational alignment between organisations.
An established model
This approach is not new. In the East Midlands, seven acute trusts are already using the platform to collaborate more effectively. They are sharing insights, aligning workflows, and delivering change faster and with greater confidence. Each organisation made its own decision to adopt Nervecentre, but together, they will realise the collective benefit at scale.
Nervecentre is set to be the 2nd biggest EPR
Following our recent growth, Nervecentre is set to become the second largest EPR supplier in the UK by hospital beds, with more NHS trusts choosing our cloud and SaaS platform than any other EPR.
That growth reflects a consistent set of behaviours, including trusts making independent decisions to choose Nervecentre on their EPR and real collaboration between them on implementation and optimisation.
Adoption of a single platform across multiple organisations
A shared platform across multiple organisations creates the conditions for faster innovation, more effective collaboration, and greater consistency in how care is delivered. Improvements can be developed once and deployed widely. Staff experience becomes more consistent across sites. Providers can use data more effectively to support operational and clinical decision-making. Most importantly, it supports more joined-up patient care.
A Shared Foundation for the Future
An EPR should go beyond isolated use within a single provider; it should be a shared foundation for regional transformation. As more trusts come together around a common platform, the opportunity to deliver meaningful change at scale becomes real: reducing variation, strengthening partnerships, and supporting the NHS to operate more effectively as a connected system.
The momentum is building, and the shift from organisational to regional transformation is well underway.
