West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust signs five-year contract with CGI to upgrade and manage its IT

CGI (NYSE:GIB) (TSX:GIB.A) and West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust, which
manages hospitals in Watford, St Albans and Hemel Hempstead, have partnered to
upgrade the Trust's IT infrastructure to help improve patient care and safety
through better access to information for clinicians and other staff. The
five-year contract is valued at approximately GBP 25.5million. 


CGI will develop an infrastructure and service management program that supports
staff across the Trust's three hospitals and at additional smaller healthcare
sites throughout west Hertfordshire via an outcome-based contract. This will
result in more reliable and robust IT services and support, including faster
networks, improved telephone systems and increased IT security. A new 24/7 help
desk for nurses, doctors and other staff who have IT issues also will be put in
place. New or upgraded devices will be issued to staff who need them, including
PCs, laptops, tablets and other electronic devices.


Samantha Jones, Trust chief executive said: "This is great news for our
hospitals, our patients and our staff. The investment we are making to update
our technology and improve our IT services will without doubt help us to deliver
better and safer care for our patients. Our plans will radically overhaul the
way we use IT across our hospitals and the benefits are wide reaching, including
speeding up the time we are able to see and treat our patients. It will also
make sure our systems are as secure as they possibly can be and, importantly,
make life a lot easier for our staff."


Lisa Emery, Trust chief information officer said: "Staff need access to the most
up-to-date patient information, which will be delivered by using the latest
technology, including mobile devices. It will deliver real benefits for our
patients."


Calum Macleod, vice president of healthcare for CGI in the UK said: "CGI is very
excited to bring our experience of helping to modernize the delivery of
healthcare to Watford, St Albans and Hemel Hempstead hospitals. We look forward
to working with the Trust to support its vision of providing consistently good
care to its patients."


About West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust 

West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute trust serving people
from across Hertfordshire, north London and further afield. The Trust is made up
of Watford, St Albans and Hemel Hempstead hospitals and sees about 600,000
patients a year. The Trust is one of the largest employers locally, with around
4,500 staff and volunteers.


About CGI 

Founded in 1976, CGI Group Inc. is the fifth largest independent information
technology and business process services firm in the world. Approximately 68,000
professionals serve thousands of global clients from offices and delivery
centers across the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific, leveraging a comprehensive
portfolio of services including high-end business and IT consulting, systems
integration, application development and maintenance, infrastructure management
as well as a wide range of proprietary solutions. With annual revenue in excess
of C$10 billion and an order backlog of approximately C$19 billion, CGI shares
are listed on the TSX (GIB.A) and the NYSE (GIB). Website: www.cgi.com.


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: 
Investors
Lorne Gorber
Senior Vice-President, Global Communications
and Investor Relations
lorne.gorber@cgi.com
+1 514-841-3355


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Jenny Thorpe
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Kelly Hickman
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West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust
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info@whht.nhs.uk
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