Fujitsu and Cerner conclude contracts for the NHS Connecting for Health NHS Care Records Service in the Southern Cluster

After a detailed review, Fujitsu and NHS Connecting for Health signed a Memorandum of Understanding in June 2005 agreeing on the use of Cerner Millennium® software for the NHS Care Records Service in the Southern Cluster, subject to a final contract. The contract signing finalises this agreement. Work on the deployment of Cerner systems had commenced immediately in June and has progressed with 17 trusts in the Southern Cluster while the contract negotiations continued. The first systems will go live at around the turn of the year.

“We are very pleased to be working with Cerner in the Southern Cluster and to have completed the change of supplier,” said Peter Hutchinson, managing director, public sector, Fujitsu Services. “We are confident that we can now deploy our strategic solutions and deliver the patient benefits promised by the programme.”

"We are delighted to formalise our relationship with Fujitsu," said David Sides, managing director of Cerner in the UK. "In the last eight weeks, we have been involved with Fujitsu engaging with more than 1,000 NHS staff throughout the Southern Cluster in various design sessions, demonstrations and deployment activities."

“This is a fundamental building block for ensuring successful implementation and we look forward to working with Fujitsu to improve the work environment for NHS staff, enabling them to deliver the highest levels of patient care.”