Scale opportunity The trust is a large regional provider with over 8,000 staff across multiple facilities and community sites, presenting opportunities for enterprise-wide solutions, integration projects, and standardized purchasing across hospitals, community sites, and home care services.

ICS alignment As a member of the Sussex Health and Care Integrated Care System, ESHT may be open to partnerships and solutions that support integrated care workflows, data sharing, and cross-organizational analytics to improve care coordination and population health management.

Digital modernization Current technology stack includes Power BI, SAP BI, SAS, AWS, Microsoft 365, and workflow automation with Power Automate, indicating a readiness for advanced data analytics, cloud-native solutions, and automation to drive efficiency and clinical decision support.

Clinical excellence Awards and recognitions in care, diabetes pharmacy, and critical care initiatives suggest openness to tools that enhance patient outcomes, medication management, and hospital operations, with potential for specialty software, training, and perfomance improvement programs.

Workforce wellbeing Recent wellbeing program shortlisting and ongoing staff engagement efforts signal opportunity for solutions around workforce wellbeing, change management, learning platforms, and communication tools to support culture and retention initiatives.