Contract Award and Management Appointment

RNS Number : 3125D

EMIS Group PLC

27 January 2015

 



EMIS Group plc

("EMIS Group" or "the Group")

Contract Award and Management Appointment

NHS Wales purchases EMIS Group's Symphony solution, for Emergency Department and Minor Injuries clinical information and management

EMIS Group is pleased to announce that NHS Wales has entered into an agreement with the Group's subsidiary, Ascribe Limited, to provide a clinical solution to manage Unscheduled Care in Wales. This contract will enable the six health boards within NHS Wales to call-off and deploy EMIS Group's clinical information and management solution, Symphony, into their Emergency Department and Minor Injuries units.

As the Framework Agreement was signed, two of the six health boards (Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board (ABMU) and Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCU)) also signed deployment orders.

The maximum value of the Framework agreement is approximately £7.6 million (over the seven year initial term of the contract; there is also an option to extend for a further four years), and includes software and hardware, as well as implementation services and ongoing support and maintenance.

The contracts with ABMU and BCU, together with other contracts announced and under negotiation, demonstrate the increasing traction of the Group's Secondary Care offerings.

The Group also announces that it has appointed Duane Lawrence as Managing Director of its Secondary Care division. Duane joins EMIS Group from his previous role as Chief Executive of InferMed Limited, which provides advanced decision support software in healthcare settings across the world. Duane was previously General Manager of Misys Healthcare International helping to set up its international healthcare business.  He brings to EMIS Group 25 years of experience in sales and operations across both primary and secondary care systems.

Chris Spencer, CEO of EMIS Group said:

"We welcome this expansion to our long term partnership with NHS Wales and fully support their commitment to improve the provision of Emergency Care services. As well as providing vital information to clinicians in a hospital setting, Symphony will facilitate integration of care by those hospital clinicians and the hundreds of Welsh GPs who already use EMIS Group software.

"We are also delighted that Duane Lawrence is joining us as the Managing Director of Secondary Care. His extensive experience in managing healthcare businesses in the UK and internationally will be a valuable addition to the Group."

For further information, contact:

EMIS Group plc                                                                                     Tel: [phone]

Chris Spencer, CEO

Peter Southby, CFO

www.emis-online.com

Numis Securities Limited (Nominated Adviser & Broker)                     Tel: [phone]

Simon Willis/Adrian Trimmings/James Black

MHP Communications                                           

Reg Hoare/Giles Robinson/Charlie Barker                                                 Tel: [phone]

Notes to Editors

EMIS Group is the UK leader in connected healthcare software and services. Its solutions are widely used across every major UK healthcare setting from primary and community care, to high street pharmacies, secondary care and specialist services. Through integration and interoperability, EMIS Group helps clinicians share vital information, facilitating better, more efficient healthcare and supporting longer and healthier lives.

EMIS Group serves the following healthcare settings:

•          Primary & Community Care, under the EMIS brand, the UK leader in clinical IT systems for GPs and commissioners. EMIS Group products, including the flagship EMIS Web, hold over 40 million patient records and are used by nearly 6,000 healthcare organisations, including community-based teams. EMIS's patient.co.uk website is the UK's leading independent provider of patient-centric medical and well-being information and related transactional services.

•          Community Pharmacy, under the Rx Systems brand, the UK's single most used integrated community pharmacy and retail system.

•          Secondary & Specialist Care, under the Ascribe and Digital Healthcare brands. Ascribe is a leading software provider to 70% of the UK's NHS Acute Trusts and Boards, focused primarily on Hospital Pharmacy, A&E (holding over 30 million patient records), Mental Health and Patient Administration Systems.  Digital Healthcare is England's leading provider of diabetic eye screening and other ophthalmology-related solutions.

These markets are also supported, under the Egton brand, by the provision of specialist ICT infrastructure, software, hardware and engineering services.

 

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