CSC Alliance to assume responsibility for PACS and RIS in the south of England
NHS Connecting for Health has confirmed that responsibility for Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) and Radiology Information Systems (RIS) in the south of England will be transferring from Fujitsu to the CSC Alliance (CSCA).
Fujitsu, following the termination of its contract in May 2008, has been continuing to support PACS and RIS in most of the trusts encompassed by three strategic health authorities (SHAs): South East Coast, South Central and the South West. It also supports a further three trusts outside of these areas.
The SHAs and NHS Connecting for Health have been working to put in place new arrangements to ensure continuity of service provision for PACS and RIS. A contract has now been signed with CSCA which will see it steadily assume responsibility for PACS and RIS in the trusts previously supported by Fujitsu. The contract period with CSCA is effective from 20th July 2009 through to June 2013.
Fujitsu will continue to support trusts until November 2009 and support service transition activities until the end of March 2010.