National IT Services Contract

The National IT Services Contract provides the following IT services:

  • Payroll Services for 155,000 employees – all NHSScotland staff plus a university and several GP surgeries
  • Unique Patient Identification services for the population of Scotland (approx. 5 million) and Northern Ireland (approx. 2.4 million)
  • NHS Central Register Services (on behalf of the General Register Office for Scotland)) for the population of Scotland
  • Cervical Cytology Call/Re-call Services for women in Scotland
  • Breast Screening Call/Re-call Services for women in Scotland
  • Child Health (Immunisation, Pre-School and School Surveillance, Special Needs) for children in Scotland
  • GP Payments for all (approximately 1,046) GP practices in Scotland
  • Patient Administration Systems (Helix PMS) services to NHS Divisions in Scotland
  • Scottish Care Information (SCI) services to Health Boards (Gateway and Store)
  • ePharmacy Development and Support Services to Health Boards
  • eCare Development and Support Services
  • Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity for national and some local Health Board systems
  • Security and Intrusion Detection for all MTS (Managed Technical Services) supplied services