NHS: Information and Communications Technology
Health
Written answers and statements, 29 October 2009
Richard Bacon (South Norfolk, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health
(1) what his latest estimate is of the number of users of the Lorenzo software system at (a) Five Boroughs Partnership NHS Trust, (b) Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, (c) University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust, (d) Hereford Hospitals Trust and (e) South Birmingham Primary Care Trust;
(2) what his latest estimate is of the highest number of live concurrent users of the Lorenzo software system across English NHS trusts (a) at any one time and (b) on any one day.
Mike O'Brien (Minister of State (Health Services), Department of Health; North Warwickshire, Labour)
The numbers of regular users of Release 1 of the Lorenzo software system in the national health service bodies concerned are as follows:
| Number | |
| Five Boroughs Partnership NHS Trust | 43 |
| Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 12 |
| University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust | 96 |
| Hereford Hospitals NHS Trust | 7 |
| South Birmingham Primary Care Trust | 16 |
These figures exclude other registered users who use the system only occasionally.
The highest number of live concurrent users across English NHS trusts at any one time, to date, is 19. This occurred on