Ascribe’s Mental Health and Community care solution successfully rolls out in Central & North West London

CNWL contract delivers Trust-wide clinical solution that enables better patient care

Ascribe plc (AIM:ASP), the health IT Group, today announced that following the selection of Ascribe’s JCC Mental Health and Community Care system by Central & North West London NHS Foundation Trust last year, that the Trust has successfully completed the first phase of the implementation in Hillingdon adding to the existing users in Harrow. The Trust has an aggressive plan to roll out the Ascribe system to the other boroughs in the Trust, Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster and Brent. The system will eventually support all of the Trust’s 2,500 plus clinical staff providing them with a comprehensive patient care system.

Ascribe provides a trust wide IT solution to help deliver improved patient care. The initial value of the deal is £1.9m over 5 years and includes a fully managed service contract, with the option to extend annually after the initial period.

CNWL selected this Ascribe solution as the best fit for its clinical and information needs from a competitive tender that included the LSP (Local Service Provider) offering.

“In addition to selecting a system that monitors & tracks the care pathways and progress of our client groups, Ascribe will provide the management information that will enable us to fulfill our obligations as a Foundation Trust and improve patient safety,” said Edward Matt, Director of Operations and Information.

“Ascribe’s JCC Mental Health & Community Care (MH&CC) system is provided as a fully managed service under a Service Level Agreement (SLA) and includes ‘hot’ Disaster Recovery facilities. The solution selected by CNWL, is a robust & tested Mental Health IT solution that is both scalable and adaptable. We are delighted at the progress at CNWL which builds on the successful installation at Bolton, Salford and Trafford (BST) Mental Health Trust where the system is used by over 3,000 clinical staff with up to 500 of those concurrent. BST now have over 3.2 million clinical progress notes recorded on the system.” explained Tony Hansom, Ascribe’s Business Manager.

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For further information, please contact:

Ascribe plc

Tony Hansom, MH&CC Business Manager Tel: +44 (0) 870 053 4545
tony.hansom {at} ascribe(.)com www.ascribe.com

Simon Mehlman, Group Marketing Manager Tel: +44 (0) 870 085 1359
simon.mehlman {at} ascribe(.)com www.ascribe.com

Notes to Editors

About CNWL

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest specialist NHS mental health trusts in England with 3,100 employees serving more than 100 sites. Mental health services are provided for people of all ages across the boroughs of Brent, Harrow, Hillingdon, Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster. Specialist substance misuse services also cover Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow. The Trust’s services are constantly being developed and improved to provide modern, dependable mental health services that meet the needs of people with mental health problems, their carers and families, and those of the wider community. Www.cnwl.nhs.uk

About Ascribe

Ascribe plc is a leading healthcare company that develops and markets software solutions supporting patient, clinical and business processes to Primary & Secondary healthcare providers in the UK and overseas.

Ascribe is committed to providing technologies that improve patient safety standards and the company’s solutions directly improve patient care and deliver financial savings to customers. The group sells directly to hospitals and Primary Care Trusts rather than through centrally driven political initiatives.

The Group provides solutions to clinical professionals in all healthcare sectors; customers include Emergency and Minor Injuries Units, Mental Health and Social Care Units, Hospitals requiring patient administration systems (PAS) and medical equipment management, Hospital and Retail Pharmacies, and General Practice surgeries. Offering patient and decision support information to these clinicians in context with their activity is the key to the company’s ongoing success.

Ascribe plc was floated on AIM in 2004, and currently employs over 220 personnel through its operating companies in the UK, Kenya, Australia and New Zealand. For more information, please visit www.ascribe.com.

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