Finance Software System - FOI Response Register

FoI Number
2024-229
Subject
Finance Software System
Date Received
24/07/2024
Request and Response
  1. The name of your finance software system.

Efinancials Business Suite (Efin)

  1. The name of the supplier who implemented your finance software system.

Advanced Business Solutions (One Advanced)

  1. The installation date of your finance software system.

Efin as a NHS Scotland consortium started in 2008/09 financial year for NHS Shetland. There was an update installed in 2012 with contract renewal and system updates since then.

  1. The contract expiration date for your current finance software system.

31 March 2025

  1. The total upfront installation and implementation costs for your finance system, including software, consultancy, training, and related expenses.

In accordance with FOISA s 17(1), NHS Shetland confirms that it does not hold the information requested.

  1. The total annual costs to run and maintain your finance system. Please can you also break down your annual costs by:

o          Software licensing fees

o          Maintenance and support fees

o          Hardware costs

o          Consultancy

o          Training

o          Other recurring expenses (please specify)

NHS Shetland recharge for our forecast share of the national system in 2024-25 is to be £70,653.

  1. Do you have any plans to switch to a different finance system or upgrade the current system?

Yes.  A NHS Scotland Business Systems Review is underway, looking at implementing a new ERP in the next few years.