Docobo, the UK’s leading provider of remote patient monitoring and virtual wards, has been named as a supplier on NHS Shared Business Services’ (NHS SBS) Technology Enabled Care Services 2 Framework agreement. 

The Technology Enabled Care 2 Framework Agreement supports patient care via technology and
promotes the use of technology enabled care solutions and the improved provision of integrated care across health and care organisations. The procurement framework is divided into six lots – and Docobo has been named a supplier within the remote clinical monitoring lot. The key services in the framework agreement include the implementation of fall prevention programmes; enabling patients to manage appointments and remote patient monitoring.

Adam Nickerson, Head of Category – Digital & IT Procurement Frameworks, at NHS SBS commented: “The coronavirus pandemic added to waiting lists and the knock-on effects of a lack of beds in the NHS and social care sector. As such, NHS England is looking to deploy virtual ward beds to scale up capacity from 7,000 to 10,000 this autumn, ready for next winter.

“As part of this ambition, Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) are expected to deliver virtual ward capacity equivalent to 40-50 virtual ward beds per 100,000 people by December 2023, with virtual ward services developed across ICSs and provider collaboratives, rather than individual institutions. In so doing, improving health and integrated care across the health and care system.

“The framework agreement enables ICSs and provider collaboratives – from housing authorities to local authorities, to strategically source and quickly buy a mixture of goods be it a single, bundled or a fully managed service, which work across a region. It means they can better plan and deliver joined up services and improve the health of the population across their regional wing of care.”

Adrian Flowerday, Managing Director of Docobo says ‘At Docobo, we pride ourselves on our expertise in digital healthcare innovation, as we’ve been working in the remote monitoring space since 2001. We are so pleased to have been named as a supplier on NHS SBS’s Technology Enabled Care Services 2 Framework as it will enable us to support even more patients and residents to be cared for at home or in their place of residence.’

Docobo, which celebrated 20 years of digital healthcare innovation in 2021, is a pioneer in digital health and data management and a provider of patient monitoring and virtual care solutions.