Information on existing deployments for each strategic health authority (SHA) area are shown in the following table.
SHA Trust NHS London Homerton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Newham Healthcare NHS Trust Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust Queen Mary's Sidcup NHS Trust South Central Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust Milton Keynes General Hospital NHS Trust Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre NHS Trust Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust South East Coast Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust Worthing and Southlands Hospitals South West Weston Area Health NHS Trust Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust
Other trusts in these SHA areas, and one further trust in the North West SHA, will in due course go live with the Cerner Millennium system on dates to be determined by local agreement with the national health service bodies concerned.
While many users who have become familiar with the Cerner Millennium software over time have expressed satisfaction with the system, we are aware that initial concerns have been expressed by some users about the level and quality of functionality provided following some recent deployments of the system. These concerns are being investigated.
Since April 2007, deployment of systems is the responsibility of the SHAs. However, at a national level, NHS Connecting for Health collates information about the performance of suppliers and handles commercial issues. NHS Connecting for Health and SHAs are working closely with the relevant local service providers, and their sub-contractor Cerner to address the user's concerns about the product and its ease of use. The continuous process of applying lessons learned from each deployment aims to ensure the system achieves its potential to serve the needs of the NHS.