The Western and Southern Health and Social Care Trusts have become the final two Health and Social Care (HSC) Trusts in Northern Ireland to Go-Live with encompass, the ground-breaking digital health and care system.
This milestone marks the completion of a regional-wide digital transformation, ensuring that every citizen in Northern Ireland will have their own digital health and social care record.
encompass, which has been progressively implemented across Northern Ireland’s Trusts since November 2023, is a clinically and operationally led programme that will replace outdated paper records with real-time, up-to-date digital information accessible to all those involved in delivering care.
Neil Guckian, Western Trust Chief Executive, emphasised how encompass will have a transformative impact on patient care, stating, “This is a once-in-a-generation moment for digital transformation in healthcare. encompass will give staff and clinicians instant access to patient care records, drastically reducing time spent on paperwork and empowering them to make informed, efficient decisions.”
Dr Maria O’Kane, Chief Executive of Southern Trust said, “encompass is a digital HSC record which will improve the quality of patient and service user information and care across the Health and Social Care service in Northern Ireland.”
