Our work in Scotland

NHSGGC serves a population of 1.14 million and employs around 39,000 staff – it is the largest NHS organisation in Scotland and one of the largest in the UK. NHSGGC has been a customer of Orion Health since 2004. Over the years we have expanded our offering within the NHSGGC to deliver two new modules, Medicines Reconciliation and Problem List. In addition, the NHSGGC is extending its use of Orion Health’s Coordinate solution by adopting Healthcare Pathways to support care coordination and patient transfer and handover. NHSGGC is also one of five health boards to join an ambitious project to create a regional portal for the West of Scotland. This links between its Orion Health portal and the portals in use at Golden Jubilee National Hospital, NHS Dumfries & Galloway, NHS Lanarkshire, and NHS Ayrshire and Arran. The successful completion of the project means that clinicians at hospitals, serving a population of 2.2 million people, can access information about their patients quickly and easily.

As a national resource for NHS Scotland, the GJNH is a major centre for regional and national heart and lung services, orthopaedics and other key specialties and governed by its own health board. GJNH have been an Orion Health customer since 2011 when we provided them with a Clinical Portal. As of 2017, GJNH is now piloting a Patient Portal that could lead to improvements in the way it engages with patients. GJNH is also one of five health boards to join an ambitious project to create a regional portal for the West of Scotland. This links between its Orion Health portal and the portals in use at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, NHS Dumfries & Galloway, NHS Lanarkshire, and NHS Ayrshire and Arran. The successful completion of the project means that clinicians at hospitals, serving a population of 2.2 million people, can access information about their patients quickly and easily.

NHS Fife is a large rural area with varied geography and several centres of population. Their strategic aim has been to develop integrated services accessible in as many localities as possible. NHS Fife have been a customer of Orion Health since 2015 and have provided an integrated health and social care record for a comprehensive range of adult services including adult social work and housing services. The implementation was prompted by the Scottish Government’s requirement that every health board and local authority in Scotland must integrate its healthcare service.

NHS Dumfries and Galloway serves a population of 148,190 within a large geographical area of about 2,400 square miles and have been a customer of Orion Health since 2014. They have since implemented Rhapsody, Clinical Portal and Problem Lists module. NHS Dumfries and Galloway is also one of five health boards to join an ambitious project to create a regional portal for the West of Scotland. This links between its Orion Health portal and the portals in use at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, NHS Lanarkshire, and NHS Ayrshire and Arran. The successful completion of the project means that clinicians at hospitals, serving a population of 2.2 million people, can access information about their patients quickly and easily.

NHS Ayrshire & Arran provide health care to almost 400,000 people and have been a customer of Orion Health since 2012 and have implemented Rhapsody and Clinical Portal. Their strategic direction is based on continuous improvement and services that are centred on the patient or service user. NHS Ayrshire & Arran is also one of five health boards to join an ambitious project to create a regional portal for the West of Scotland. This links between its Orion Health portal and the portals in use at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, NHS Lanarkshire, and NHS Lanarkshire. The successful completion of the project means that clinicians at hospitals, serving a population of 2.2 million people, can access information about their patients quickly and easily.

NHS Lanarkshire is responsible for improving the health of more than 654,490 people living within the North and South Lanarkshire local authority areas. They have been a customer of Orion Health since 2012. NHS Lanarkshire is also one of five health boards to join an ambitious project to create a regional portal for the West of Scotland. This links between its Orion Health portal and the portals in use at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, NHS Dumfries and Galloway, and NHS Ayrshire and Arran. The successful completion of the project means that clinicians at hospitals, serving a population of 2.2 million people, can access information about their patients quickly and easily.

NHS Grampian tailor to the needs of the Grampian population of half-a-million people spread over 3,000 square miles of city, town, village and rural communities. NHS Grampian has been a customer of Orion Health since 2017 and is one of the health boards in the North of Scotland that has access to an integrated digital view of a patient's health and social care data with the region's Care Portal. Using Orion Health's web based technology, the new portal will see information shared from providers in NHS Highland, NHS Grampian, NHS Orkney, NHS Shetland, NHS Tayside and NHS Forth Valley.

NHS Shetland is responsible for health care for a population of around 23,000. Their vision is to deliver sustainable high quality, local health and care services, that are suited to the needs of the population. NHS Shetland has been a customer of Orion Health since 2017 and is one of the health boards in the North of Scotland that has access to an integrated digital view of a patient's health and social care data with the region's Care Portal. Using Orion Health's web based technology, the new portal will see information shared from providers in NHS Highland, NHS Grampian, NHS Orkney, NHS Shetland, NHS Tayside and NHS Forth Valley.

NHS Orkney is the smallest territorial health board in Scotland and is responsible for the health care of the population of Orkney, which is made up of approximately 21,500 people. NHS Orkney has been a customer of Orion Health since 2017 and is one of the health boards in the North of Scotland that has access to an integrated digital view of a patient's health and social care data with the region's Care Portal. Using Orion Health's web based technology, the new portal will see information shared from providers in NHS Highland, NHS Grampian, NHS Orkney, NHS Shetland, NHS Tayside and NHS Forth Valley.

The population of NHS Highland is 320,000 people and is spread over 32,500 square kilometres, making it one of the largest and most sparsely populated Health Boards in the UK. NHS Highland has been a customer of Orion Health since 2017 and is one of the health boards in the North of Scotland that has access to an integrated digital view of a patient's health and social care data with the region's Care Portal. Using Orion Health's web based technology, the new portal sees information shared from providers in NHS Highland, NHS Grampian, NHS Orkney, NHS Shetland, NHS Tayside and NHS Forth Valley.

NHS Tayside had a combined population of 416,090 and includes 3 major and a number of community hospitals, including the University of Dundee’s Medical School attached to the regions flagship institute, Ninewells Hospital in Dundee. It also includes over 60 GP surgeries and a variety of health centres staffed by thousands of employees of the health region. They have been a customer of Orion Health since 2019 when they joined the North of Scotland Care Portal. Using Orion Health's web based technology, the new portal will see information shared from providers in NHS Highland, NHS Grampian, NHS Orkney, NHS Shetland, NHS Tayside and NHS Forth Valley.

NHS Forth Valley provides a large number of health services to a population of around 288,000 across Central Scotland. They have been a customer of Orion Health since 2019 when they joined the North of Scotland Care Portal. Using Orion Health's web based technology, the new portal will see information shared from providers in NHS Highland, NHS Grampian, NHS Orkney, NHS Shetland, NHS Tayside and NHS Forth Valley.