NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership Procurement Services has opened a market engagement for a digital platform that can support a self-management and remote monitoring.
The solution should be able to provide real-time test results, educational materials and two-way messaging for clinicians and patients, with potential suppliers encouraged to apply by 17 July 2025 to be considered.
According to NHS Wales, the engagement process will allow for a maximum of six time slots, no longer than one hour, where suppliers will be asked to “provide a demonstration of their digital platform”, showing how their solution supports self-management and remote monitoring.
The Aneurin Bevan University Health Board will be in charge of selecting the six suppliers, which they have said will be “chosen at random” from a larger selection.
This follows a previous engagement exercise led by NWSSP-PS in 2024, in which they were seeking interest from industry partners to help shape a comprehensive commercialisation strategy and delivery model for innovation projects in Wales. This included developing mechanisms and processes for industry engagement, creating pathways for the translation of innovation activities into commercial products or the provision of commercial innovation services that support healthcare innovation.
Self-management and remote monitoring in healthcare
Last month, Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes ICS shared how the MiiCare remote monitoring kit has helped to support local residents to remain at home for longer, reducing avoidable care home admissions. The pilot for the MiiCare equipment began in January 2023, evaluating patients aged 70-89 who had a high risk of falls, early-onset dementia or memory loss. A total of 73 kits were sent out across the region, made up of the AI hub, MiiCube, which “connects wirelessly to smart devices and sensors around the home”, for quiet monitoring of vital signs, sleep patterns and overall health and wellbeing.
NHS Education for Scotland recently launched a new digital and data capability self-assessment tool designed to help guide individuals through the Digital and Data Capability Framework. The tool reportedly lets patients “measure their own digital skills, knowledge, and behaviours” through a series of questions and capability statements.
Earlier in the year, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust began trialling remote scanning technology which allows radiographers to operate the MRI scanner remotely through the Radiology Operations Command Centre platform. The trust shared how it has helped to reduce patient waiting times and promote flexibility, with extended opening hours to midnight reportedly allowing the trust to see “306 extra patients” in its first month.
NHS Mid and South Essex ICS reported a 34.8 percent increase in the number of patients using its minor eye conditions online self-referral service over the past year, allowing them to get “quicker access to care.” Eye conditions covered in the self-referral system include red eye, painful eyes, dry gritty eyes, recently occurring flashes or floaters, discharge from the eye, sudden loss of vision or ingrowing lashes.
