Wilmslow Well being Centre has gone reside with the Medicus Well being digital affected person document (EPR).
Medicus is the primary provider to be absolutely assured by way of NHSE’s Tech Innovation Framework, which goals to make sure that new merchandise are absolutely compliant on data governance, scientific security and information safety, whereas integrating with NHS infrastructure such because the digital prescription service, NHS e-Referral Service and NHS App.
The Medicus Well being EPR was not too long ago introduced by NHS England as the primary new core IT system for 25 years.
Wilmslow Well being Centre moved from its earlier GP system to Medicus over the house of 1 weekend, formally going reside on 12 Might 2025.
Dr Amar Ahmed, GP accomplice at Wilmslow Well being Centre, mentioned: “Switching to Medicus has been a transformative step for Wilmslow Well being Centre. The transition was comparatively seamless, and we’re already experiencing the advantages of a extra intuitive, built-in, and environment friendly system.
“As GPs, we’d like expertise that helps our scientific choices, enhances affected person security, and streamlines our workflow.
“Medicus has delivered on all these fronts, and we’re proud to be the primary follow within the UK to embrace this next-generation resolution.”
The EPR combines core scientific performance with built-in communications, on-line consultations, prescribing and doc administration.
It integrates First Databank’s (FDB) Multilex prescribing resolution assist, a drug database and e-prescribing resolution assist resolution, to permit context-specific drug data and higher performance, with the hope of serving to to scale back prescribing errors.
Emile Axelrad, chief govt at Medicus, mentioned: “We’re so happy to have gone reside with our resolution at Wilmslow Well being Centre, it was a very easy transition from the previous system and the workforce there are doing brilliantly.
“We’ve been working so laborious on our resolution and when constructing a best-in-class prescribing module, we all know that we wanted prescribing resolution assist that GPs might instantly belief.
“That’s why our partnership with FDB Multilex is important to the success of Medicus. Multilex powers dosage options for prescribers and lets us present complete drug security alerts and warnings primarily based on the affected person document.”
Medicus is out there to practices throughout the nation and is already reside in three different early-adopting websites, serving greater than 42,000 sufferers, together with these at Wilmslow.
It’s anticipated extra core GP IT methods that meet the requirements of the Tech Innovation Framework will change into obtainable by April 2026, providing a wider selection for practices.
Medicus Well being was one among eight suppliers to be included on the Tech Innovation Framework in November 2022, following the framework’s launch in June 2022.
