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Surrey and Sussex NHS Trust Turns to Extreme and Panacea for a Reliable and Scalable Network
Published: September 3, 2025
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (SASH) delivers acute and complex care services to a population of over 535,000 across East Surrey, northeast West Sussex, and parts of Kent. With over 4,000 staff and a commitment to safe, effective, and responsive healthcare, SASH needed a network infrastructure as resilient as the care they provide.
“The chance of getting any time off for a vacation was non-existent (…) I've recently been away for five weeks, and the network was rock solid the whole time I was away.”
Extreme Reliability
Faced with network outages that put patient safety at risk, SASH partnered with trusted integration provider Panacea Networking to completely transform its connectivity. Leveraging Panacea’s strong relationships with Extreme Networks and Westcon, the team delivered a reliable, scalable, high-availability network in record time. The new solution gives clinical teams fast, secure access to critical information and tools – exactly when and where they need it.
“Where I think Extreme stands out for me, (…) it's reliability. It's in places of healthcare, it's in government, it's in places of defense, it's a given that the technology is good.”
Extreme Simplicity
With Extreme Fabric, high-capacity cores, and seamless external data center links, the Trust has not only eliminated downtime – it’s now equipped to quickly onboard new medical devices and scale services on demand. From securely connecting mobile CT scanners in minutes to enabling clinicians on the go, the infrastructure is built for agility and simplicity.
“Fabric is just one of the best features I think I've ever seen inside of the networking world. It makes managing and looking after a network very easy and very doable.”