Infosys bags Rs 14,000-crore UK’s NHS project

The country’s second largest software service provider, Infosys on Tuesday said that it has won a 15-year contract worth £1.2 billion (around Rs 14,000 crore) from the UK’s National Health Service Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) to build and manage a next-generation workforce management platform for the NHS in England and Wales. The project, called the Future NHS Workforce Solution, will replace the existing Electronic Staff Record (ESR) system that currently supports 1.9 million NHS employees and processes more than £55 billion in annual payroll.