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Vaccinating a Nation How Digital Workers are Making a Difference

Published on : Friday 26-03-2021

NHS Trusts get immediate results as Blue Prisms intelligent automation supports the vaccine rollout across the UK.

London Austin, Texas, March 2021 – Blue Prism's digital workers are supporting multiple NHS Trusts in the rapid rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine across the UK. A Blue Prism® intelligent automation solution has been built out in less than ten days, offering immediate value for this critical, large-scale healthcare operation.

With nearly half the population already receiving the first dose of the vaccine, the UK is rolling out one of the world's most efficient vaccination programs at break-neck speed. By using technology to identify how to create more efficient processes, the NHS has been able to respond to the complex logistical demands of getting jabs in arms.

NHS Trusts deal with a number of challenges including the heavy administrative workload that comes with the reporting of first and second round vaccine recipients (which vaccine, which arm, dates etc.). Previously, manual input of this data across multiple systems was necessary to track vaccinations through the National Immunisation Vaccine System (NIVS).  This was time intensive and required extra staff hours, some taken from wards and diverted from patient care. In addition, reporting has to be complete before second round doses can be administered; any delay here creates longer wait times.

Chairman & CEO, Blue Prism, Jason Kingdon says: "The fact that Blue Prism's digital robots have been supporting NHS staff during this national effort has been a very proud moment for us. The very real value of the work and the impact they may have had reveals another level at which technology has been used in this global crisis. For us it demonstrates how intelligent automation is here - and that digital workers enable humans to focus on more creative, and in this case more humane work, and we are proud to have played a part."

Blue Prism and the NHS are long-time partners and have collaborated on a number of transformative projects. Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, the NHS has used Blue Prism's digital workers for a number of life-saving healthcare initiatives, including the automation of reporting staff antibody testing, saving thousands of hours for hardworking NHS staff.