Networks First to manage McKesson’s networking customers
Networks First, an independent provider of support services for
network infrastructures, announced last month that they will be taking
on the management and support of the networking division of McKesson UK,
the UK subsidiary of the world’s largest healthcare services and
healthcare IT company.
Effective from 1 January, the move means McKesson UK’s networking
staff, products and services have been transferred to Networks First and
its healthcare partner Bates IT, both of whom have established working
relationships within the healthcare arena.
As an international provider of IT products, software and services
for the healthcare industry, McKesson UK supports virtually every aspect
of healthcare, providing over 350 NHS organisations with a range of
services that include patient administration and clinical services
delivered at the point of care as well as business, HR and financial
applications.
The decision to move its network services to Networks First and Bates
IT is part of a wider business strategy that will see McKesson UK focus
on future opportunities based around expanding and delivering this range
of software delivery services across the NHS.
McKesson UK employs over 500 staff in Warwick, Romford, London,
Sheffield and Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Source: bjhc&im February 2007.
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