Staffordshire County Council and Shropshire Health Informatics Service Link Up

Staffordshire County Council’s ICT department and SSHIS share a revise network to reduce IT cost.

22:08 24 May 2018

Staffordshire County Council’s ICT department and Shropshire Health Informatics Service (SSHIS) are working together to link all services offered by the NHS and local authority to the same network. To date, they have successfully connected more than 30,000 workers across more than 500 sites. The two of Staffordshire largest public service sectors have also moved to a common telephone and contact centre platform.

 

Mike Sutherland, Staffordshire County Council’s Cabinet member for Finance, said: “Working together to share services wherever possible means we get the best value we can for taxpayers.

 

So far our collaboration is saving taxpayers around £3 million over five years and we anticipate further savings as we prepare to halve the number of data centres currently in use by sharing this infrastructure.”

 

 

Jayne Deaville, Director of Finance and Performance at South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, said: “Historically we have been completely separate, but now hospitals, clinics and GP surgeries are linked to council offices, which offers all kinds of flexibility for the future.”

 

“This has been a complex process but the successful collaboration means we can explore other opportunities to share systems and resources and save taxpayers’ money which can be spent on front line services.”