Case Study: Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust achieves continuous patient care and rapid recovery with Zerto

Zerto Ensures Continuous Care at Southport and Ormskirk Hospital

Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust delivers acute and community healthcare to a population of about 258,000 across two hospital sites. After a legacy storage array failed following an air‑conditioning issue, the trust endured a prolonged recovery from tape backups that took days, affected over 1,000 users and required significant overtime—prompting a search for a simpler, agent‑free BC/DR solution that could protect mission‑critical systems like the Medway EPR.

Working with partner Novosco, the trust deployed Zerto Virtual Replication to provide continuous VM replication with no production impact, rapid testing and auditor-ready reporting. The solution was installed in under an hour, enabled recoveries in under five hours (versus days previously), protected core clinical systems and 100 VMs, and delivered fast, verifiable failovers and full compliance.

Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust

Matt Connor

Head of IT