Digital Health’s monthly roundup of contracts and go lives

Our latest roundup of contracts and go lives features electronic patient record (EPR) contract awards for The Access Group and Epic, and the go-live of a digital maternity system at Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust.

Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys signs contract to deploy Access EPR

Last month, Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust signed a contract with The Access Group to implement its EPR system.

The Access Rio Evo system, designed for community health, mental health and child health, provides a connected view of patients, allowing clinical and administrative processes to be managed in one place across care settings.

The partnership will enable integration by sharing data across care settings and the public, leading to improved population health outcome. The trust plans to switch to the new system in April 2027.

Buckinghamshire trust signs System C deal for AI-scribing in EPR

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust signed a contract with System C to implement AI-scribing through its EPR.

The trust is the first of a cohort of customers to deploy ambient voice technology (AVT) within outpatient service using System C’s CareFlow EPR.

AVT will be used to capture and transcribe conversations between clinicians and patients through the EPR’s ambient AI outpatient consultations module, which will go live at Buckinghamshire Healthcare in summer 2026.

Lewisham and Greenwich awards £52m EPR contract to Epic

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust awarded a £52 million contract to Epic to supply a new EPR system, with a go-live planned for April 2027.

The trust aims to implement the system through a connect model with Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, joining an existing partnership.

A contract notice, published on 16 April 2026, states that the deal started on 26 February and runs for 10 years until 25 March 2036.

Dartford and Gravesham goes live with digital maternity system

Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust has gone live with the K2 Maternity Information System, delivered by Harris Health Alliance.

The trust is the first of four in the Kent and Medway programme to implement the clinically led maternity system, which is designed to replace paper records with an integrated, real-time digital solution.

It is intended to enable maternity teams to access a single, shared view of each woman’s maternity journey from antenatal to postnatal care.

The trust worked closely with Harris Health Alliance to deliver the first go-live at Dartford in April 2026.

Lincolnshire Partnership chooses Portasana PEP

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LPFT) has selected the Portasana Patient Engagement Platform (PEP) to improve digital access and deliver more personalised and efficient care.

It is hoped Portasana will enable LPFT to strengthen patient engagement, improve communication, and support self-management through a secure, NHS App-integrated digital patient engagement portal.

The platform will help streamline processes for clinical teams while giving patients greater visibility and control over their care.

King’s College rolls out AI to enhance cardiac care

AI-enabled software designed to help cardiologists make faster and more precise decisions during angioplasty procedures has been introduced at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

Ultreon 3.0, developed by Abbott Vascular, is an imaging technology that uses advanced AI techniques during an angioplasty to provide detailed images directly from within a coronary artery disease patient’s blood vessel, allowing cardiologists to identify plaque build-up that may increase risk of blood clots.

The software, which was rolled out to patients at the trust in April 2026, allows clinicians to assess how blood is flowing through a patient’s blood vessels, increasing accuracy and precision during coronary stent procedures.