Case Study: Nuffield Health achieves 75% WAN traffic reduction and 4–6X bandwidth increase with HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect SD‑WAN

Not-for-profit UK healthcare provider gains significantly higher network performance with reliable, resilient SD-WAN

Nuffield Health, a leading not-for-profit UK healthcare provider with around 20,000 users across 260+ sites, was held back by a legacy MPLS WAN that backhauled over 60% of traffic and degraded performance for critical cloud-based apps (SaaS and IaaS) as it moved to a cloud-first IT strategy.

Working with Ampito, Nuffield Health deployed Aruba EdgeConnect SD‑WAN (with Aruba Boost and Orchestrator) to enable application-driven internet breakout, service chaining with cloud firewalls, and dual-link/4G connectivity with zero-touch provisioning. The result: WAN traffic cut by up to 75%, available bandwidth increased 4–6x, reliable access to business-critical SaaS/IaaS, and rapid deployment—averaging 15–27 sites per week (189 sites in four months).

Nuffield Health

Dan Morgan

IT Operations Director