It said patient care was its “top priority” and it would only go ahead when “fully confident everything is fully in place to support staff and maintain the high standards of care patients expect”.
Describing it as a “complex programme”, bosses said the decision to delay demonstrated “robust clinical leadership”.
A revised go-live timeline was expected “in the coming weeks”, they added, with any additional costs “not yet determined”.
According to the trust, the system was aiming to provide:
Kim O’Keeffe, acting RCHT chief executive officer, said, while there had been “substantial progress” with the programme, “the trust was not assured would “support safe patient care and service continuity across all areas”.