The company was successful in all of the sixteen categories that it bid for, and now holds framework contracts for its Patient Administration (PAS), maternity and A&E systems, as well as a wide range of clinical software. System C was also successful in its bid to provide associated consultancy services such as deployment, data migration, training and interfacing for all of the above.

The new Additional Supply Capability and Capacity (ASCC) framework contracts are for a four year duration. They will allow NHS organisations and other NHS-funded establishments such as Independent Treatment Centres a faster and easier route to procure IT systems and services from suppliers who have demonstrated experience in the health sector. ASCC can be used to support both National Programme for IT (NPfIT) related work and wider IT related projects.

System C's CEO, Dr Ian Denley, said "The NHS has been in need of a dedicated healthcare framework catalogue for many years, so this is a very exciting initiative from NHS Connecting for Health. Healthcare is an extremely complex area, which demands dedicated products and specialist skills and knowledge."

He added: "System C Healthcare is totally committed to fulfilling the needs of patients and healthcare workers in the NHS and other UK healthcare providers, and success in being appointed to the ASCC framework contracts is an important step in our plans for growth over the coming years.

"I am delighted with the performance of our company in this bid process, and that NHS CFH has, after its thorough procurement exercise, seen fit to include our full range of products and services to the frameworks."

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About System C Healthcare plc
System C Healthcare plc (http://www.systemc.com/), established in 1983, specialises in the provision of information systems and solutions to the healthcare sector. Its team of professionals has an average of 15 years' healthcare experience and can provide all aspects of systems design, development and deployment services. System C is founded upon the belief that IT solutions, when effectively implemented, can significantly contribute towards improving patient care.

System C is a specialist developer and supplier of Patient Administration and Electronic Patient Record Systems to the health service. The Group's MedWay product is successfully installed at a number of NHS hospitals including Noble's Hospital Isle of Man, University Hospitals Aintree, Swindon and Marlborough NHS Trust, Tameside Hospitals NHS Trust and the Christie, one of the UK's leading cancer hospitals.

System C has helped to install healthcare systems at over 150 NHS Trusts and offers a wide range of services to the NHS, other healthcare providers and third-party suppliers. Services include programme/project/change management, design, build and test, implementation, training, data migration, interfacing and helpdesk/support services. Within the National Programme for IT (NPfIT), System C people have been involved in 75% of secondary care go-lives to date as well as many GP, community, Single Assessment Programme and child health deployments

System C was successful in the following ASCC categories:

• Patient Administration Systems (PAS)
• Maternity systems
• Ambulance systems
• Urgent care (Accident and Emergency)
• Theatres
• Order communications and results reporting
• ePrescribing
• Pharmacy stock control
• Social care
• Integrated care pathways and care planning
• Diabetes
• Oncology services
• Clinical integration and systems integration services
• Respiratory care
• Elderly care
• Consultancy services

The System C products in its ASCC submission include the Medway PAS and Electronic Patient Record System, Medway A&E, Medway results and order communications and the maternity, diabetes and other clinical systems from Care Records, the specialist clinical system supplier acquired from Huntleigh in January this year. System C is also providing a range of specialist products such as ambulance and social care systems from carefully selected partner organisations.