Digital Health’s monthly roundup of contracts and go lives

Our latest roundup of contracts and go lives features Powys Teaching Health Board rolling out an electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) system.

MHRA launches AI sandbox to improve medicines safety

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has announced plans to launch a new AI regulatory sandbox aimed at improving medicines safety and accelerating the development of new treatments.

The initiative, unveiled by Science Minister Lord Vallance on 9 June 2026, will provide companies and researchers with a controlled environment to test AI tools designed to predict how medicines may perform in people and identify potential safety risks earlier in the development process.

Through the sandbox, the MHRA will work with industry and academic partners to assess whether AI can improve medicines safety assessment and identify risks that traditional methods may miss.

HSE and System C roll out CareFlow Pharmacy across Ireland

The Health Service Executive (HSE) and System C have announced the next phase of a national agreement that will see CareFlow Pharmacy deployed in every hospital across the Republic of Ireland.

Nine hospitals are now live following a deployment programme, with a further 12 sites scheduled to go live during 2026. A third phase, due to begin later this year, will extend the rollout to the remaining 34 hospitals to give Ireland an integrated digital pharmacy system across its entire public hospital network.

System C’s CareFlow Pharmacy is an integrated system that consolidates information on medications, patients, prescribers, suppliers, and finances, which System C says can help reduce waste and lower operational costs.

Powys Teaching Health Board goes live with Better ePMA

Powys Teaching Health Board has gone live an electronic prescribing and medicines administration system from Better Meds.

The implementation at Bronllys Hospital marks the start of a phased rollout programme across Powys’ community hospitals and inpatient services, and forms part of the Digital Medicines programme led by Digital Health and Care Wales, a wider national drive to modernise medicines management across NHS Wales.

Alongside the Better Meds rollout, Powys has become the first health board in Wales to implement both read and write functionality with the Shared Medicines Record, a national record containing medicines, allergy and intolerance information for patients across Wales.

University Hospitals Sussex signs EPR contract with Alcidion

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (UHSussex) has signed a contract with Alcidion to deliver an electronic patient record (EPR) system.

The trust selected Alcidion as its preferred supplier for the system in January 2026. With a seven-year contract now signed, the programme moves to its next phase, building on the readiness work already underway ahead of the phased introduction of the EPR in spring 2027.

Alcidion will deploy its Miya Precision platform, including Miya Observations and Assessments (Patientrack), which is already live at the trust.

Midlands trust launches digital medicines management system

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust has gone live with an interoperable digital medicines management system.

The system went live on 15 June 2026 and according to UHCW is the first of its kind in England. It integrates with the trust’s electronic patient record (EPR) to improve patient safety and reduce the administrative burden on frontline staff.

The project, funded by NHS England, brings together Omnicell’s automated dispensing cabinets and robotic dispensing system with Oracle Health’s EPR.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde rolls out digital triage system

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has begun rolling out a digital triage system across its emergency departments as part of its Virtual Hospital programme, which aims to improve patient flow and prioritise the most urgent cases.

The first phase of the rollout went live at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital on 24 June 2026, with the system launched at Royal Alexandra Hospital on 30 June followed by Glasgow Royal Infirmary and Inverclyde Royal Hospital.

The digital triage platform, known as eTriage, is provided by eConsult and enables patients to check in at a touchscreen kiosk on arrival at A&E before answering a series of clinically designed questions about their symptoms.