The NHS Ufi Hub system provides three levels of user access. A casual user surfing the web is able to view the home page. This provides information about the project and a link to a contact page from which they can request further information. To gain further access qualified users (typically based in one of the sixteen partaking NHS trusts) must login via the page provided.

Once logged in, such users have access to a much richer set of functionality. Users can download files from a number of categories which are listed at the right hand side of the screen. They can read submitted and approved news items, and, indeed, submit further news items of their own for approval. Note how a much larger range of menu options is now available.

The administrative users based in Cambridge have full access to even more areas of the system. For instance, they can add, and/or delete new users, or edit the information held on existing users.

Additionally, a feature-rich editor is provided where admin users can update most pages of the site. The picture shows the home page being updated.

A key requirement of the system is that documents can be distributed easily and efficiently around the various trusts. Up to five documents at a time can be uploaded together with comments and information about each one. This information will subsequently be available to browsing users to help them decide which documents to download.

In addition to all this the system provides automatic email notifications and audit trails of a number of activities. A further suite is provided so that admin users in Cambridge can bulk-email various user groups from within the system.