Gloucestershire NHS Trust has placed tender for an integrated clinical information system.

The eight-year contract to provide a modern information and administration capable system would extend to Northern Devon trusts and Yeovil District trusts who have grouped together to tender.

The requirement for a new information system comes as the old patient systems employed by the NHS trusts become increasingly outdated.

Requirements for the new system include increased integration, real-time data, increased speed and an end to paper records.

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust described how the tendering process is expected to secure a service which "will underpin improvements in care for years to come."

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