{"id":117958,"date":"2025-09-06T05:45:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T05:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/117958\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T05:45:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T05:45:07","slug":"bhrut-hospital-delays-likely-during-record-switchover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/117958\/","title":{"rendered":"BHRUT hospital delays likely during record switchover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.romfordrecorder.co.uk\/news\/25434651.east-london-hospitals-financial-woes-impacting-ability-pay-suppliers-time\/?rel=cl_mra\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BHRUT<\/a>) is the only acute\u00a0trust in London to rely on paper records.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The rollout of the electronic patient record (EPR) was originally planned to take place this month, but has been postponed to November by the trust.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The delay is understood to be in an attempt to get things right first time.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Once introduced, the EPR will allow medical professionals at BHRUT to access a patient&#8217;s healthcare record and information across providers.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The change is also expected to improve the safety of information and reduce errors.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Chief Executive of the trust, Matthew Trainer, has described the planned change as &#8220;game changing for our patients and staff&#8221;.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In a newsletter to stakeholders, Mr Trainer said: &#8220;It\u2019s a massive undertaking which we need to get right and it\u2019s why we\u2019ve moved the launch date from this month.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We want to ensure everyone has the right training and we\u2019ve addressed any technical issues.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.romfordrecorder.co.uk\/news\/25444481.man-20s-dies-car-crashes-tree-busy-essex-road\/?rel=cl_lsa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man in his 20s dies after car crashes into tree on busy Essex road<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The chief executive warned however of the potential for the transition to be &#8220;bumpy&#8221;, bringing with it the likelihood for a &#8220;short term, adverse impact&#8221; on the performance of the trust while\u00a0staff adjust.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr Trainer told this paper: \u201cOur electronic patient record (EPR) will be game changing for our patients and staff, making it possible for medical professionals to see a patient\u2019s information across healthcare providers, while improving safety and reducing errors.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cIt\u2019s a massive undertaking and, in the short-term, patients may experience some delays as our teams adapt to a new way of working.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT) is the only acute\u00a0trust in London to rely on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117959,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-117958","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-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}