This inquiry relates to the NHS Digital ScanForSafety initiative ( https://www.scan4safety.nhs.uk/ ) and yours organisations directive towards….
– traceability of patients and employees
– traceability of shipments and deliveries of biological samples
– traceability and correctness of drug administration
– indoor navigation and user orientation within hospitals
– traceability of asset flows in hospital warehouses
– optimization of costs and logistics efficiency
– Stock reduction/one off stock holiday
– Reduction in wastage/obsolescence
– Non-clinical pay efficiencies
– A reduction of inventory averaging
– Ongoing operational efficiencies

Questions:

1) Has your organisation signed up to the ScanForSafety project ? https://www.scan4safety.nhs.uk/benefits/ No
1a) – YES (if yes, what hardware & software supplier have you used and who is project managing this internally)?
1b) – NO (if no, is this something you would be keen to be involved in should other demonstrator sites be announced)?
No

2) Has your Trust already enabled a “product to patient” tracking system, to trace what medical items are used with any given identified patient? This includes being able to track medical devices, objects, assets, people and pathways, and to enable the transmission of the right data through the recognition of a unique identifier. No
2a) – If yes, could you please detail the company you used to achieve this? (both hardware & software provider)
2b) – If no, is this something your organisation would be keen to explore within the next 18 months?
No

2c) – If this is something your organisation may consider exploring, who would be the Trust project lead?
3) Does your Trust already use an electronic inventory management solution to trace the movement of items into and out of the hospital warehouse/supplies department? This could also include the monitoring and movement of blood products, implants and patients’ records… Yes
3a) – If yes, could you please detail the company you use to achieve this? (both hardware & software provider)
We use the Genesis system to track all stock items in and out of the warehouse this includes using a Honeywell PDA / scanner.

3b) – If no, is this something your organisation would be keen to explore within the next 18 months?
3c) – If this is something your organisation may consider exploring, who would be the Trust project lead?
4) Does your Trust have a solution to trace goods and people flows in their logistic pathways – to identify their physical movements through the hospital or provide mobile readings of passive and/or active RFID’s? Yes
4a) – If yes, could you please detail the company you use to achieve this? (both hardware & software provider)
Scan file Software Support Agreement

4b) – If no, is this something your organisation would be keen to explore within the next 18 months?
4c) – If this is something your organisation may consider exploring, who would be the Trust project lead?
5) Does your Trust provide an electronic navigation system (an app) to support the patient, their visitors and other caregivers’ check-in at the hospital and assist them with their indoor navigation around the hospital site? No
5a) – If yes, could you please detail the company you use to achieve this? (both hardware & software provider)
5b) – If no, is this something your organisation would be keen to explore within the next 18 months?
No

5c) – If this is something your organisation may consider exploring, who would be the Trust project lead?

6) Does your operating theatres have an electronic stock management system, (which also monitors expiry dates)? Yes
6a) – If yes, could you please detail the company you use to achieve this? (both hardware & software provider)
We use the Genesis system to track lot & Expiry implants. We use the Honeywell P.D.A’s to perform the transaction and reorder the goods.
6b) – If no, is this something your organisation would be keen to explore within the next 18 months?
6c) – If this is something your organisation may consider exploring, who would be the Trust project lead?