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NHS N3 Ethernet Migration: BT Etherflow makes things better, faster
NHS N3 Ethernet Migration: BT Etherflow makes things better, faster
Challenge
The NHS wanted to move its N3 network to a platform that will support the increasing communications needs of employees
Solution
The N3 network was migrated on to high bandwidth BT Etherflow circuits provided over the BT 21C (21st Century) network
Value
BT Etherflow has doubled bandwidth in the N3 core network at no extra cost and has enabled more predictable pricing
True healthcare innovation
N3 is the high-speed broadband network that interconnects the UK NHS to form a single coherent community. Currently providing in excess of 47,000 connections, it serves 1.3 million NHS employees at 20,000 sites through 63 points of presence (POPs) across England and Scotland. BT was chosen as N3 prime contractor charged with guaranteeing fairness and best value by, where appropriate, using products from other service providers. In order to assure the required even-handedness, BT set up a subsidiary organisation called N3SP (N3 Service Provider). Its end customer in England is NHS Connecting for Health.
“N3 is crucial to the NHS delivering standards of care that are among the best in the world. At the same time it underpins the achievement of unprecedented efficiency gains. That allows re-investment of savings in front line services. In doing all of that it has enabled true healthcare innovation,” confirms Len Chard, N3 Programme Manager at NHS Connecting for Health.
Telemedicine, hosted voice services, video-enabled virtual teams for specialisms such as oncology, transmission and storage of digital scans and radiographs, electronic patient records, paperless prescriptions, and self-service appointment scheduling are just some of the broadband-enabled innovations made possible by N3.
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