History:
Footman-Walker was first incorporated as a company in 1985. It grew from an initial development contracted by Burroughs Computing (later acquired by Unisys) to supply a computerised records system for the A&E department at Derbyshire Royal Infirmary. Footman-Walker continued the development of this first product to a stage of having 13 sites in the south east of England. In 1990 the company was approached by St Thomas's hospital to develop a new A&E system on the new technology appearing at the time - Windows! St Thomas's started a long line of implementations of the AEII product, which allowed the company to grow to over 60 sites by 1999.

At this time AEII was enhanced to include Document Image Scanning, Patient advice letters, and Manchester Triage, all of which contributed to AEII becoming the market leading A&E system in the UK and Republic of Ireland. In the late 1990s, Footman-Walker began development on its new third generation A&E product - Symphony, which was developed as a totally flexible Clinical Data Repository.

From its initial go live in 2001, Symphony is now installed in over 105 sites and continues to be the leading Emergency Care system in the UK. Symphony has also begun to develop a user base in Australia.

Footman-Walker was acquired by Ascribe plc on the 23rd May 2005

Symphony:
Symphony is Ascribe's Emergency Care solution and is used by Emergency Departments and Minor Injuries Units, it is a PC-based Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system designed to improve patient healthcare by providing clinicians and clerical staff with a comprehensive information access & retrieval IT solution. The system can operate either on a stand-alone basis or it can be integrated into existing computer systems. Symphony allows departments to monitor patient's progress, allocate resources and track performance targets. Symphony is installed in Emergency Departments in Australia, the Republic of Ireland and the UK.