19 December 2024
Apogee Corporation once again gave back to local communities this Christmas through their NHS Christmas Gift Campaign.
Servicing more than one million people every day, the NHS is critical to the UK – and despite ever-expanding demand, record high inflation, and progressively tighter budgets, they still manage to consistently deliver high-quality care across the nation.
However, the NHS has one major weakness: namely, a heavy reliance on legacy technology. Not only does this significantly limit staff’s ability to be efficient, but these systems are only becoming more expensive to maintain, as well as presenting an enormous risk for patient data – with breaches originating from both internal and external sources.
Of course, many NHS branches are creating a wealth of cost efficiencies by moving away from single-function legacy systems, and toward Managed Print Services. With print fleets rationalised down to fewer multi-functional devices – and the costs for maintenance, ongoing support, and consumable resupply covered in regular payment instalments - NHS Trusts such as Salisbury, Royal Surrey County, Kingston, and Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells have been able to regain control of their IT budgets, and funnel much-needed funds into other areas.
But creating operational efficiencies is just the beginning. Solving challenges to do with data accuracy and cyber security is the next item on the docket – and as our recent eBook lays out, it all starts by digitising patient data.
