HSCN – Health & Social Care Network – is the data network for health and care organisations that replaced the N3 network in April this year. The migration to HSCN is planned to be completed by August 2020. It will support around 35,000 digital connections across England and Wales - more if it reaches its full potential - creating the largest public-sector network infrastructure in the UK.
The ultimate goal is to support better integration across health and social care organisations, but it also represents an important opportunity for health organisations to achieve significant cost savings on network spend.
In defining HSCN, NHS Digital has created a competitive market place of compliant suppliers.
AdEPT Telecom is the largest SME provider of network services to the public sector and has a strong customer base in public and private health organisations. As a Crown Commercial Services supplier, with the right to supply services under the...