New research from EHI Intelligence shows that NHS acute trust spending will increase in 2012-13 across staff, services and applications; and that similar growth will be seen until 2012-16.

The ‘Market by numbers: the focus of NHS acute trust spending on IT’ report provides an in-depth analysis of the current levels of IT spending by NHS acute trusts in England, how these are likely to change over the next five years, and where the main areas of activity are likely to be.

Key findings

• The IT spending for which NHS acute trusts in England are directly responsible is around £800m per year; with a small amount of additional funding coming from the remains of the National Programme for IT in the NHS.
• Despite overall trust budgets remaining flat, the total IT spend in NHS acute trust sector will increase by 4.2% in 2012-13.
• Almost all categories of IT product spend will increase over the next five years, with significant increases for IT services, hardware and software, and smaller but significant increases for IT staff.
• Patient administration system replacements, PAS plus projects, and electronic patient record programmes will remain by far the biggest market opportunity. EHI Intelligence predicts that £141m will be spent on PASs by 2015-16. .

To create the report, EHI Intelligence has collected and analysed fresh data sets from NHS acute trusts, focusing on their IT spending levels in 2011-12 and planned IT budgets for 2012-13. It has also carried further analysis, including interrogation of the EHI Intelligence NHS Trust Database, analysis of the results of EHI’s annual acute sector survey, and an examination of recent tenders and trust strategy documents.

For an overview of the report and a full listing of the contents, please download the report sample.

Market by numbers: the focus of NHS acute trust spending on IT report is available for purchase as a stand-alone report, or as part of a subscription to EHI Intelligence.

Who should buy this report?

NHS IT suppliers - all suppliers who need to better understand the main trends shaping the NHS IT market over the next three years. This includes existing vendors, new suppliers and those considering market entry. Market by numbers provides an indispensible, comprehensive analysis of the English NHS IT market and its key areas of activity.

NHS decision makers who need to better understand the main trends shaping the NHS IT market over the next three years and what consideration will be driving supplier thinking.

Industry analysts looking to gain a better understanding of the NHS IT market for investment purposes, particularly those who need to identify who the main players in the UK.

More information

More information For further information about the ‘Market by numbers: the focus of NHS acute trust spending on IT report’, please contact Daniel Read on dan@e-health-media.com or 0207 785 6925.