NHS Trusts will be able to procure these services through a framework agreement which has a list value of £3m and will run for a period of two years with a potential extension for 12 months.
“The contract with the NHS is a major coup for us, as a South African company, proving that our product engineering teams can create products to compete with the very best internationally,” said Andrew Davies, CEO of Signapps.
Since its launch three years ago, the Signapps platform has been used in various areas, including the Chris Hani Baragwanath Paediatric Burns Unit, stroke units within the Life Hospital group, sub-acute care for the Intercare Group, managed care of palliative patients (Alignd) and more recently, on a pro-bono basis, within state hospitals.
According to Davies, because most of the development involved in fulfilling the NHS contract will be done locally, the contract will provide work opportunities for those with software engineering and development skills.
“There was an excellent fit between the requirements of the NHS tender and the Signapps messaging platform including GDPR compliant platform features and points of integration to NHS active directory and Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems. Said features and integrations enable staff to share clinical information quickly and securely with the minimum of friction,” Davies says.
