{"id":240974,"date":"2026-01-19T15:23:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T15:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/240974\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T15:23:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T15:23:07","slug":"nhs-in-norfolk-delays-launch-of-major-88m-it-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/240974\/","title":{"rendered":"NHS in Norfolk delays launch of major \u00a388m IT project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He also cited the &#8220;sensitivity&#8221; of the 2024 general election as a reason for the delay.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The EPR is using software called Expanse which is supplied by a company called Meditech, and the overall cost of the programme <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnuh.nhs.uk\/press-release\/norfolk-and-waveney-will-benefit-from-88m-technology-investment\/\" class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">has been put at \u00a388m., external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">According to the government&#8217;s procurement database, Meditech signed 10-year contracts for the hospitals, running until 2034.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Prosser-Snelling said the project had undergone a &#8220;reset and replanning exercise&#8221; to ensure the new system could be delivered safely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He pointed to disruption at other NHS trusts where the implementation of a new EPR had worsened waiting times and A&amp;E performance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The programme team has been carefully evaluating national evidence around patient safety incidents at EPR &#8216;go-lives&#8217;,&#8221; he told the BBC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The programme will need to continue in some form in order to replace outdated clinical systems across the trusts.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He also cited the &#8220;sensitivity&#8221; of the 2024 general election as a reason for the delay. The EPR&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240975,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[134,527,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-240974","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-healthcare","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}