IBM has signed a contract to deliver IT services to the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust.

The announcement comes after IBM was selected as a preferred bidder after a decision to select a private sector IT partner in 2011.

Services will include the provision of Information Management & Technology (IM&T) services alongside consultant firm NTT Data. Alongside IM&T services IBM will also deliver record management services.

Dr Kevin Harris, medical director, Leicester’s Hospitals, said: “This is a very exciting partnership and could be the single most important thing that we have ever done in terms of improving technology in our organisation".