NHS Trusts, ICSs & Community Providers
Adopt innovation safely — and prove it to your board
We help NHS organisations evaluate and deploy AI and digital health safely, improve workflows, and assemble the assurance evidence procurement and clinical-safety teams expect.
Common use cases
How we help NHS organisations
Evaluate a supplier's AI
Independent assessment against DTAC and clinical safety before you buy.
Deploy an ambient scribe
Safe evaluation, DPIA and rollout support for AI documentation.
Design & evaluate a pilot
Clear metrics, governance and a credible path to scale.
Interoperability & workflow
FHIR/HL7/EPR readiness and pathway redesign.
Audit & QI
Audit packs, QI storyboards and outcomes reporting.
Governance & assurance
AI oversight, data protection and clinical-safety documentation.
Trust panel
The assurance NHS buyers expect to see
DTAC
Aligned across all five assessment areas.
DCB0129 / DCB0160
Manufacturer and deployment clinical safety.
DPIA & UK GDPR
Special-category data handled with care.
DSP Toolkit
For organisations handling NHS data and systems.
The pressures you face
Innovation appetite meets a high bar for assurance
NHS trusts, integrated care systems and community providers are under real pressure to adopt AI and digital tools that ease workforce strain and waiting lists — yet every adoption decision is accountable to a board, a clinical-safety function and an information-governance team that will not sign off on enthusiasm alone. Suppliers arrive with confident performance claims that rarely come with independent validation, and the gap between a compelling demo and a deployable system is exactly where deployments stall.
Internal teams are stretched thinnest precisely where assurance work is heaviest. Drafting a DCB0160 deployment safety case, completing a defensible data protection impact assessment for special-category data, and challenging a vendor's evidence all demand senior clinical and technical time that most organisations cannot spare during a procurement window. We provide that capacity as an independent third party, so your decision rests on evidence rather than on a vendor's marketing.
Interoperability adds a further layer. A tool that cannot exchange data cleanly with your EPR through FHIR and HL7 standards creates manual rework that erodes any time saving it promised. We assess that fit before contracts are signed, not after clinicians have already worked around it.
Who we work with
The people who carry the decision
CCIOs and CNIOs
Clinical informatics leaders weighing whether a tool is safe and genuinely useful at the bedside.
Clinical safety officers
Owners of the DCB0160 safety case who need a defensible hazard log and evidence trail.
IG and data protection teams
Approvers of DPIAs and DSP Toolkit obligations for NHS data and systems.
Procurement and transformation leads
Those answerable to the board for value, deliverability and a path to scale.
A typical engagement runs from an independent supplier evaluation, through governance and DPIA support, into a structured pilot with agreed metrics and a credible scale-up plan. We can also support analytics and outcomes reporting so you can demonstrate impact to commissioners after go-live, and draw on our expert network where a specialist clinical opinion is needed.
Answers
Frequently asked questions
What is DTAC and why does it matter for our procurement?
The Digital Technology Assessment Criteria (DTAC) is the framework NHS organisations use to assess digital health products across five areas: clinical safety, data protection, technical security, interoperability and usability/accessibility. We help you evaluate suppliers against it and prepare your own assurance.
Can you support our clinical safety obligations?
Yes. We support DCB0129 (manufacturer) and DCB0160 (deploying organisation) clinical risk management, including safety cases, hazard logs and deployment safety — see AI Validation & Clinical Safety.
Do you help with pilots and evaluation?
We design and evaluate NHS pilots with clear metrics, governance and a path to scale. See Clinical Advisory & Governance.
Are you a replacement for our clinical safety officer?
No. We support and strengthen your existing clinical-safety and information-governance functions — for example by drafting hazard logs, reviewing supplier evidence and preparing board papers — but accountability for deployment and the DCB0160 safety case sits with your organisation and its named clinical safety officer.
Can you help an ICS evaluate something once for multiple providers?
Yes. A single independent evaluation can be commissioned at system level and shared across constituent trusts and providers, reducing duplicated procurement effort. We structure findings so each deploying organisation can still complete its own local risk assessment and DPIA.
Discuss an NHS pilot or proposal
Tell us your pathway and deadline and we'll route to the right specialist.