Pharmacy

Some roles may see changes where their work connects with clinical services, patient areas or information shared through existing processes. The EPR change team are working with staff to help them understand how the EPR will impact their work and prepare for any change.

When we move to the EPR, medication records will be brought into the new system so staff have accurate and up-to-date information about a patient’s medicines. Pharmacy and clinical teams will help plan and test this process before go-live to make sure the transition is safe and accurate.

Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (EPMA) will allow medicines to be prescribed and their administration recorded electronically within the EPR. This will give pharmacy and clinical teams clearer, more up-to-date medicines information and reduce reliance on paper processes.

Yes. Patients should only need to tell their health story once and it will be recorded in the EPR, along with care and treatment information – available to all those with a legitimate need to see it. This saves them having to keep telling different staff about their health and symptoms.

No. NWEPR is a tool to support decision-making, not make decisions for you.

NWEPR brings together up-to-date clinical information in one place and includes safety features such as alerts for allergies, adverse drug reactions, deterioration and other patient risks, supporting decision making.

Many paper forms and processes will be replaced by digital records, although some paper documents may still be needed during the transition.

Instead of switching between multiple systems or waiting for notes, you'll have one place to record and find patient information. Observations, assessments, care plans, medications, referrals and results will be available in real time to the teams involved in a patient’s care.

There will be a learning curve while everyone becomes familiar with the system, so new ways of working may feel slower at first. However, NWEPR is designed to reduce duplication, not add to it. Recording information once, in one place, should make processes smoother and support safer care over time.

Huron Consulting Services UK joined as delivery partner in May 2026. They are working alongside the programme team to design, build and configure the MEDITECH Expanse system for use across all three trusts. Hunter Healthcare is part of the Huron team.

No. The aim is to reduce time spent searching for information, chasing records or documenting the same information more than once, giving you more time to focus on patient care.

A super user is a colleague from your own area who gets extra training and helps the rest of the team during and after go-live. Because they know both the system and your day-to-day work, they can answer questions and feed common issues back to the programme. Some may get extra permissions to help sort access problems on the spot.